Overview
- Milwaukee County prosecutors on Oct. 24 charged Michael D. Williams with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
- The killings occurred about 9:20 p.m. near 27th Street and Atkinson Avenue, where Marcus C. Smith, 64, and Sandy N. Lee, 50, were shot, and about 10:25 p.m. near 31st Street and Glendale Avenue, where Lakendrick Roby, 44, was killed.
- The criminal complaint says video shows the suspect shooting Smith, then chasing and shooting Lee on the sidewalk at 27th and Atkinson.
- Police reports describe surveillance timelines, matching shell casings from the scenes to the same gun, and witness identifications based on the suspect’s clothing and shoes.
- A witness told investigators Williams struggled with mental health and drug abuse and had made threatening statements, and prosecutors say a conviction could bring a life sentence.