Posted on 06/02/2006 3:27:13 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE, WI (AP) -- A man wanted for opening fire on a group of Memorial Day picnickers, killing two and injuring three, began shooting after confronting his estranged wife at the park and demanding to see his three-year-old daughter, according to a newly-filed criminal complaint.
Octaviano Juarez-Corro, 32, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the Monday's shooting at South Shore Park along Lake Michigan.
He was accused of killing Raymundo Silva, 31, and Julio Diaz-Guillen, 17, both of Milwaukee, and wounding Eunice Torres, 23, his estranged wife; Jose Saavedra, 21; and Everardo Munoz, 34.
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital said Munoz had been treated there and released. Police Capt. Michael Young said Friday he did not have information on the status of the other two who were wounded.
The criminal complaint filed Thursday quoted a witness as saying that Juarez-Corro told several people at the picnic that he wanted to see his daughter, and did not want any trouble.
Torres then yelled to Juarez-Corro, "You're not going to see your daughter today, leave us alone," the complaint said.
It said the witness then saw the defendant with a gun in his hand, and shots rang out.
The complaint said that, after hearing six to eight gunshots, the witness saw Juarez-Corro attempt to put another magazine into the gun and saw him start shooting four times downward toward someone on the ground.
Silva was shot three times, with one of the shots causing major damage to his aorta and another causing major damage to his spinal cord, the complaint said. It said an autopsy indicated Diaz-Guillen died from a gunshot wound to his head.
Police were still seeking Juarez-Corro on Friday, Young said, and one of the possibilities it was looking into was that he may have fled to Mexico. Authorities have identified Juarez-Corro as an illegal immigrant.
According to the complaint, Torres told investigators Juarez-Corro was her ex-husband, but court records show their divorce case was still pending.
Meanwhile, Gov. Jim Doyle said Friday he would direct $200,000 from the state Office of Justice Assistance be used to defray overtime costs for Milwaukee police in the wake of 28 people shot during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, including the two deaths at the park, as well as two other slayings.
The governor also said he would ask the legislative Joint Finance Committee to authorize up to $1 million for more police overtime and would direct $500,000 available through the federal Workforce Investment Act to a summer job program for teens in Milwaukee.
The $200,000 from the Office of Justice Assistance are unspent funds from federal grants from fiscal year 2004-05, the governor's office said.
Doyle spokesman Matt Canter said the additional $1 million could come from the state Department of Health and Family Services' foster care and adoption services fund. The agency overestimated how much money it would need in the current budget for those services and has money left over, Canter said.
Mike Prentiss, a spokesman for Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, a co-chair of the finance committee, said Fitzgerald hasn't seen a formal request from the governor on the funding.
Doyle, a Democrat, made the announcement at Milwaukee City Hall a day after Republican gubernatorial hopeful Mark Green criticized him, saying he had shown no leadership on fighting Milwaukee crime.
Instead of deporting him, now as US taxpayers, we will have to foot the bill for all his years in prison.
Yippie!!!!!!
shocking. ya think?
That's if Mexico ever gives him up, which will be unlikely.
So, the governor has to allocate funds on a case by case basis to authorize overtime for the cops to pursue the killer? Why does that seem overly bureaucratic to me? While the gov is moving money out of the adoption fund to the obviously exhausted "let's chase the illegal" fund - Jose is heading for the border??
Pretty stupid way to run a state, ain't it? ;)
Paul Bucher is a (R) running for AG. He took the governor and the current AG (D) to the woodshed:
Bucher Campaign: Doyle Reaction Falls Short
6/2/2006
Contact: Davin Fischer
414-975-6287
http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=63656
Bucher Says Doyle Reaction Falls Short, Challenges MIA Lautenschlager to Find Milwaukee on a Map
Waukesha District Attorney, and Attorney General Candidate Paul Bucher said, Friday, that the Governor’s proposal for increasing police presence in Milwaukee falls woefully short, and asked why the Attorney General has failed to become involved in finding ways to curb the recent outbreak of violent crime in Milwaukee.
“Unfortunately, the $200,000 the Governor allocated will only give Milwaukee 20 Cops for 25 Days. That falls dangerously short of the manpower needed to address this problem. I only hope that he can work with the legislature to provide additional funds,” stated Bucher.
Bucher also noted the absence of the state’s top cop: “Where’s the AG? Has anyonevseen her? Somebody needs to give her a map to Milwaukee, and some guts to stand up and do something about the violence that’s threatening to envelop our cities.”
Conspicuously silent, Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has not been part of any action taken to implement new ideas, much less comment on the outbreak of violence.
“It’s unimaginable to me that the state’s top cop, the person charged with safeguarding our citizens and enforcing our laws is not taking action in what is developing into a crisis.” Bucher continued, “The people of Milwaukee and Wisconsin as a whole need to know that their elected officials are taking action against the punks and thugs that threaten their security. Where is the AG?”
This marks the second occasion on which the Governor has heeded calls from the Bucher Campaign. The first resulted in the resignation of Parole Commission Chair Lenard Wells, a Doyle appointee responsible for the early release of known cop killers.
Two days ago in front of MPD’s 2nd District office, Bucher was joined by members of the Milwaukee Police Association, to unveil his “90 Cops for 90 Days” initiative, which called for the Governor and Attorney General to release state funds to pay overtime hours for Milwaukee PD and Sheriffs over the course of the summer. He also proposed four additional anti-firearm violence points:
• The creation of a Firearm and Gang Violence Unit within the Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation that will be staffed by two Assistant Attorney Generals and six Special Agents who will be located in areas of the State where firearm violence/gang is most significant. One area would include the City of Milwaukee. Other areas would be in Green Bay and Racine, which have recently seen firearm/gang violence.
• The establishment of a mandatory minimum term of confinement of ten years for all felonies committed with the use or threatened use of firearm.
• Immediate activation of HR 218, a law that would allow retired law enforcement officers to carry weapons. This would allow existing resources to join in the fight against violent crime and potentially augment “90 Cops for 90 Days” by increasing the presence of law enforcement officials, active and retired, in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin.
• Create Regional Community Consortiums on Firearm/Gang Violence that would be comprised of members of the Department of Justice), local police, religious communities, schools, local Chamber of Commerce representatives or business organizations, other State agencies such as DOT, DOC, local legislators/elected officials, local agencies such as health department, building inspection, school districts, social service agencies, youth organizations and other local entities in various regions of the State.
“The time to act is now,” concluded Bucher, “not after the damage is already done and senseless tragedies have already occurred. The Attorney General cannot remain docile and uninvolved in the life and death problems of the people of Wisconsin. We need 90 cops on the streets of Milwaukee now.”
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