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Milwaukee Shooting Moves Gun Homicide Total For Year To 54

Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd Will Meet With Milwaukee Residents On Saturday To Discuss Violence

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The vast majority of gun violence this year has occurred in Milwaukee. Photo: Jeramey Jannene (CC-BY).

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Wisconsin Public Radio year-long series tracking all gun-related homicides in Wisconsin.

A deadly shooting in Milwaukee this past week has pushed the statewide gun homicide total for the year to 54.

Milwaukee police say 26-year old Richard Conn was shot last Saturday night and later died at the hospital. Police say the circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. Conn’s family plans a street-side vigil on Friday night.

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On Saturday, state Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd (D-Milwaukee) will hold a community meeting on violence in Milwaukee at the Parklawn Housing Project YMCA.

Sarita Taylor, president of the Parklawn Residents Council, said she’s tired of the gun violence plaguing the nation.

“I have got to the point that I don’t even want to watch news,” she said. “Every day you look at the news: so-and-so got shot over here, 10 people got shot over there.”

Gun violence affected Taylor’s extended family about a month ago when a relative, a 10-year-old girl named Sierra Guydon, was wounded in crossfire. Guydon’s parents say she may not survive.

Taylor said that politicians and police may hold community meetings, but in her mind change begins at home, with earlier curfews. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist James Causey also recently advocated for an earlier curfew for local children.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said he’d rather see the current curfew enforced before a new one is introduced. Parents in Milwaukee have also said they’d have difficulty getting their kids home earlier.

Many shooters in Milwaukee have been over 18 years of age, and would be unaffected by curfew.