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Six people have been found dead inside a house in Wisconsin in what is suspected to be multiple homicides, according to police.
On Sunday afternoon, authorities responded to a home in Milwaukee, where they discovered four men and one woman dead within the residence, Paul Formolo, the Assistant Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department, said in apress conference, per the Associated Press.
Hours later, early Monday morning, “an additional adult male homicide victim” was found at the location, Dr. Brian Peterson, the Chief Medical Examiner of Milwaukee County, said in a statement onTwitter.
The six deaths are now being investigated as homicides, police said. The release of the individuals' identities is currently pending.
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Milwaukee’s Director of the Office of Violence Prevention, Arnitta Holliman, condemned the murders in a release, according toNBC News. She suggested that the six individuals died from gun violence.
“The community is tired. We are tired of seeing people’s lives snuffed out too soon in preventable situations,” Holliman said. “This is absolutely preventable. Any of the gun violence that we’re seeing is preventable and we cannot continue this same trajectory that we’ve seen for the last two years.”
“That means each and every one of us has to step up, speak up, stand up, do something to change the course of what’s happening in our community,” she stressed.
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Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson called the incident “horrific” in an emotional post onTwitter. “First, I offer my condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Whatever the circumstances, we must share the grief of those who have lost ones,” he said.
The elected official added that city officials are “steadfast in our efforts to reduce violence,” noting, “We will achieve that through strengthened and improved law enforcement, through community prevention and through a renewed commitment to prevention.”
source: people.com
