MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – Three men are due back in court next Monday, for the wounding of five people at a vigil in Milwaukee for a teen who was murdered the previous day.
None of the defendants have been charged with homicide.
27-year-old George Eskridge of Des Moines Iowa is jailed under a $50,000 cash bond on a charge of reckless endangerment and two charges of illegal firearm possession as a previously convicted felon.
38-year-old Lonell Echols of Milwaukee is under a $25,000 bond for reckless endangerment and illegal firearm possession.
35-year-old Brian Echols — whose relationship to Lonell was not disclosed — is charged with illegal firearm possession.
All 3 have previous convictions. Brian Echols was found guilty of attempted murder in the Chicago area.
18-year-old Kendrai Walker was shot to death May 15th in a Milwaukee alley near his home. The next night, shots were fired at a vigil for Walker.
Officials said it also meant to be a birthday barbeque for Walker’s mother — but she was among those wounded.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
