MILWAUKEE - Five people, four men and a woman, were found dead in a Milwaukee home near 21st and Wright Sunday afternoon, Jan.
23.Police said officers responded to a home in the neighborhood for a welfare check around 3:45 p.m. Entry was made to the home, and the victims were found dead.The deaths are being investigated as homicides.
The release of their identities is pending, police said.While police said no motive is known at this point, and no arrests have been made, there is not believed to be any threat to the community.During a media briefing around 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, MPD Assistant Chief Paul Formolo said investigators were still searching the house when asked whether any weapons were recovered.Milwaukee police offered an update in their investigation into five homicide victims being found inside a home near 21st and Wright.Arnitta Holliman, director of Milwaukee's Office of Violence Prevention, also spoke out during the press briefing, pleading with residents to come forward with any information they might have about this crime."This is ridiculous," she said, adding that she doesn't "know a better word to say.""The community is tired," said Holliman. "We are tired of seeing people's lives snuffed out too soon in preventable situations.