Two people are dead and six others injured after a pair of mass shootings in Milwaukee in the span of just 14 hours over the weekend.
Two separate mass shootings in the span of just 14 hours in Milwaukee claimed one life each and left six others wounded over the weekend.
In the first, a quintuple shooting near North 37th Street and North Darien Street on Milwaukee’s north side late Saturday morning, five young adults aged 20 to 29 were shot following what Milwaukee Police described as an argument that led to gunfire.
A 25-year-old man later died at a hospital from his injuries. The other four—a 20-year-old, a 21-year-old, and two 29-year-olds—suffered non-fatal gunshot injuries and were treated at a nearby hospital.
Fewer than 14 hours later, at about 1:00 am Sunday morning, three people were struck in a triple shooting on Water Street in Milwaukee’s popular downtown bar district. A 22-year-old man, identified by family as Dylan Jackson, was pronounced dead at the scene. An 18-year-old and a 19-year-old sustained non-fatal wounds and were hospitalized in stable condition.
No suspects have been identified or arrested in either shooting.
Milwaukee is off to a violent start to 2026, with 20 homicides and 63 non-fatal shootings so far. That puts the city on a pace to eclipse the 142 total murders it saw in 2025. That was an 8% increase over 2024 and was especially notable since other major cities saw dramatic reductions in homicides and other violent crime amid the Trump Administration’s nationwide crackdown on crime and illegal immigration.
