MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – Over 100 people attended a vigil Tuesday night in Milwaukee to mourn the killing of a 14-year-old boy — and just hours later, a 13-year-old boy was murdered.
The latest incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday near Milwaukee’s Lincoln Park.
Police said they identified a suspect, and was still looking for that person at last word. They gave no other details.
83 people have been killed in Milwaukee this year, just 3 short of the total for all of last year.
Tuesday night’s vigil was in memory of Tariq Akbar, who was shot last Friday night right after the city’s July 3rd fireworks show. Activists again pleaded for an end to gun violence.
Poet Kwabena Nixon said Tariq’s death “robbed” the world of a “young Barack Obama.”
The killing was the result of an online fight on Facebook over a girl. Police said Tariq was not involved in that dispute.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
