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Sunday, March 13th, 2016

Man methodically targeted neighbors in triple homicide, complaint says

Author:     Ashley Luthern
Source:     Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Publication Date:     March 10, 2016
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Stephan:   This doesn't actually count as a massacre because only three people were shot to death -- it takes four to make it count as a massacre. The distinction seems a little pedantic to me at the moment. Maybe that's why it got virtually no coverage beyond the hometown paper.  It happened more or less at the same time as the Pittsburgh massacre, I noticed in yesterday's SR edition, which was a massacre. Just another "guy with a gun"  -- it's hard to tell whether they are "good" or not. Maybe the NRA could run tests and give them a badge.
Elena Yrlas of Milwaukee says a prayer after placing flowers at the apartment doorstep of her friend and colleague Mai K. Vue, 32, who was shot and killed there on Sunday. Credit: Journal-Sentinel

Elena Yrlas of Milwaukee says a prayer after placing flowers at the apartment doorstep of her friend and colleague Mai K. Vue, 32, who was shot and killed there on Sunday.
Credit: Mike De Sisti/Journal-Sentinel

A 39-year-old Milwaukee man methodically shot and killed three of his neighbors at point-blank range last weekend at an apartment complex on the city’s south side, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday.

Dan J. Popp faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide in the deaths of Jesus R. Manso-Perez, 40; Phia Vue, 36; and Mai K. Vue, 32. The victims were pronounced dead in their four-unit apartment building in the 3300 block of S. 92nd St. after the shooting was reported about 5:45 p.m. Sunday.

Popp also faces a charge of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for shooting at, but not wounding, Manso-Perez’s 18-year-old son. Popp, who lived […]

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