Wisconsin Has Had 9 Gun-Related Homicides This Year

This is an entry in a year-long series tracking all gun-related homicides in Wisconsin.

So far this year there have been nine gun-related deaths in Wisconsin.

John Chelig, 41, was shot and killed during an argument with a friend at his home in south Milwaukee on Tuesday; Benjamin Lee-Masch, 38, has been charged with first-degree reckless homicide. That brings the number of gun homicides in the city to six for the year.

The statewide total of nine includes homicides in Wausau, Waukesha and Hayward. The majority of the gun deaths this year involved people with criminal records.

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated since it first aired with the criminal charges Benjamin Lee-Masch now faces.