Monitoring shows Samonte Wright, others on December 21, 2024 (with kind permission: McDao)
Milwaukee – – The Milwaukee County public prosecutor has charged a seventh person in connection with a shootout in 2024, in which three people were wounded in a social club after hour.
Club shoot
The background story:
The shootout occurred on December 21, 2024 at 3 a.m. in Holton and Townsend. A doorbell camera recorded panic screams before a car drove away.
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The Milwaukee police said that three people aged 49, 29 and 16 were shot and that life -threatening injuries were suffered. The owner was among the victims.
At least one of the people who are now charged to the police said that he was related to the owner, and the shootout was in a family meeting. The owner told the officials that the party was for a man named Otis Green, who is also charged.
Image from the inner after-t-hour near Holton and Townsend
Grab deeper:
Detectives were able to check the surveillance from the club where the police said there were two separate shootings.
The prosecutors said that Vincent Reel and Delvin Hightire had argued when both men pulled weapons and exchanged shots. Then the owner grabbed a shotgun with non -fatal ammunition and seemed to bring people out of the room.
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Green, Hightire, Shorontay Smith and Samonte Wright surrounded the owner, and court files said Wright packed the shotgun from the owner's hands and directed on a gun on the face of the owner. Wright later grabbed a pistol from the owner's covenant that Smith stepped. The four then left together.
The video showed Wright, which shot a pistol into the building, and Hightire turned and also fired additional shots. They then got into a van with Smith and went.
Image from outside after business hours near Holton and Townsend
In court
What's next:
Prosecutors said the investigation of the case had not yet been completed and additional charges could be added. The status of the seven people accused in the case is as follows from March 14:
Gary Cooper Würtz, 29:
- December 31, 2024: accused of possessing a firearm by a criminal
- January 10, 2025: Bond set at 15,000 USD
- February 26, 2025: Not guilty and bound by court hearing
Joyce Ford, 29:
- January 10, 2025: accused of ruthless use of a firearm that endangered security
- January 10, 2025: Bond set at $ 50,000
Otis Green, 31:
- January 2, 2025: accused due to armed robbery, ruthless violation of the first degree, ruthlessly endangered security and possession of a firearm by a criminal.
- January 2, 2025: Bond set at 150,000 USD
TOP (LR) Gary Cooper Würtz, Joyce Ford, Otis Green, Delvin Hightire; Bottom (LR) Vincent Reel, Shorontay Smith, Samonte Wright
Delvin Hightire, 44:
- January 19, 2025: accused of armed robbery, ruthless violation of the first degree and ruthlessly endangered security
- January 21, 2025: Bond set at 150,000 USD
- March 7, 2025: Not guilty and bound by court hearing
Vincent Reel, 44:
- January 12, 2025: accused of ruthless violation of the first degree and possession of a firearm by a criminal
- January 13, 2025: Bond set at $ 100,000
- February 20, 2025: Not guilty and bound by court hearing
SHORONTAY SMITH, 39:
- January 12, 2025: accused of armed robbery
- January 12, 2025: Bond on $ 5,000 (published on January 17, 2025)
Samonte Wright, 33:
- March 4, 2025: accused of armed robbery, ruthless violation of the first degree and ruthlessly endangered security of the first degree
- March 9, 2025: Bond set at $ 50,000
The source: The information in this report comes from the Milwaukee district prosecutor and the Wisconsin Circuit Court.
