Prosecutors say brother shot and killed sister, injured parents in triple Milwaukee shooting
A 32-year-old man is accused of shooting and killing his sister and injuring his parents, after lashing out from what he told detectives was years of bullying.
Gerardo Jimenez-Rico of Milwaukee is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and two counts of attempted first-degree homicide. In a criminal complaint filed Monday, prosecutors say Jimenez-Rico arrived at a Milwaukee Police Department station the same day the shooting occurred and admitted to the crimes.
Jocelyn Jimenez, a 22-year-old woman who is identified as the defendant's sister in the criminal complaint, was killed around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, while two others, a 56-year-old and a 54-year-old identified as his parents, were also shot. They remain hospitalized.
All of Jimenez-Rico's charges carry additional modifiers of domestic abuse and use of a dangerous weapon. Jimenez-Rico is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 6 and is booked in Milwaukee County Jail. His bond was set at $1 million on Monday.
According to the criminal complaint:
Jimenez-Rico told officers he shot his family members after they began to bully him. On Wednesday, they returned from a trip to Mexico and his father began to chastise him for dirty dishes, with his sister later joining in, he said.
As the argument continued, Jimenez-Rico said his father told him he needed to "find another place to live." Jimenez-Rico said he shot his sister after she armed herself with a knife and did not intend to shoot his mother. He couldn't explain to police why he did.
Jimenez-Rico told detectives his bullying had gone on for years and stemmed from him being unemployed.
"(Jimenez-Rico) said he was just fed up with putting up with the bullying from his father and his sister," a detective wrote in the criminal complaint.
Two others were also in the home at the time of the shooting, a 3-year-old child and a "cognitively delayed adult."
A GoFundMe for the family has raised nearly $10,000 as of Monday evening.
David Clarey is a public safety reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at dclarey@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Prosecutors: Brother shot, killed sister, injured parents in Milwaukee
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