UPDATE
MILWAUKEE- A violent start to 2022 continues for the City of Milwaukee.
The City adding two more victims to its homicide total on Thursday, including a 10-year-old girl.
Investigators say Jada Clay was found suffering from blunt force trauma injuries in a bedroom in her home near 47th and Hampton Thursday evening. Police say they believe her injuries were sustained after an argument turned physical.
A person of interest is in custody, though their identity has not been made public.
Last year, as the city was on pace to record a record setting number of homicides, Milwaukee Police said arguments are responsible for roughly a third of the homicides and non fatal shootings recorded in the city.
Also on Thursday night, a yet-to-be identified suspect opened fire at a lounge in downtown Milwaukee leaving a 31-year-old woman dead and two 23-year-old men injured.
Police say the shooting occurred at the Brownstone Social Lounge on Water Street, just north of Clybourn, around 10 o’clock. Investigators say the woman died of multiple gunshot wounds while the two men were taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries.
The shooting stemmed from an argument in which the shooter allegedly got angry after being denied entry into the lounge.
The lounge posted about the shooting on its Facebook page.
A manager at Brownstone tells our news partners at TMJ4 that they are cooperating with police in helping find the suspect. So far no arrest has been made.
ORIGINAL POST
Murder in Milwaukee: the victim, a ten year old girl, killed sometime Thursday between 8am and 8pm on the city’s northside near 47th and Hampton. The girl suffered blunt force trauma and that the circumstances surrounding her death appear to be argument-related, according to police. A person of interest is in custody. An autopsy is pending.
Police are also investigating a triple shooting at a lounge in downtown Milwaukee left a woman dead and two men wounded. It happened at the Brownstone Social Lounge on Water Street just north of Clybourn around 10 pm Thursday. Police say an unidentified 31-year-old woman died of multiple gunshot wounds, with two 23-year-old men recovering from injuries. The shooting stemmed from an argument and police are searching for an unknown suspect, according to investigators.
The lounge posted about the shooting on its Facebook page.