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New York Post
a day ago
- New York Post
Wisconsin man gets 35 years for shooting family, killing sister over dirty dishes
He was told to do the dishes — now he will be doing 35 years. A Wisconsin man murdered his sister and shot his parents after he got 'fed up' when they told him to do the dishes, claiming he'd been bullied for years over being unemployed. Gerardo Jimenez-Rico, 32, admitted he opened fire inside the family's Milwaukee home on Jan. 22, just hours after they returned from a monthlong vacation to Mexico without him. Advertisement 4 Jocelyn Jimenez, 22, was fatally shot by her brother inside the family's Milwaukee home on Jan. 22, just hours after returning from a trip to Mexico. Witkowiak Funeral Home A Milwaukee County judge sentenced him Tuesday to 35 years in prison and 19 years of supervised release after he pleaded guilty last month to first-degree reckless homicide, attempted second-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless injury, court records show. Jimenez-Rico told police he didn't go on the trip because he couldn't afford it and said his family often 'gangs up on him because he is unemployed and he feels they bully him.' Advertisement After they returned, his father confronted him about dirty dishes piling up in the sink. Jimenez-Rico said the plumbing was backed up, but the fight escalated when his father told him to move out and his sister, 22-year-old Jocelyn Jimenez, chimed in to agree. 4 Gerardo Jimenez-Rico, 32, told police he 'got fed up' after years of being bullied by his family over being unemployed. Milwaukee Police That's when he pulled a gun from his waistband and opened fire, striking his father first, then shooting his sister. He told police that his sister had grabbed a knife so he shot her 'to prevent getting stabbed,' according to court records. An autopsy showed she was shot four times in the chest, back, lungs and arm — and died at the scene. Advertisement Jimenez-Rico also shot his mother as she entered the room, later telling investigators he 'did not intend' to and 'could not explain why.' 4 Police swarmed the Milwaukee home after Gerardo Jimenez-Rico shot his sister and parents in a burst of domestic violence. FOX6 News Milwaukee Both parents survived the attack and were hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Hours later, Jimenez-Rico walked into a Milwaukee police station and confessed. Advertisement Jocelyn was remembered in her obituary as a devoted mother, daughter and fiancée. She leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter, Melanie, who 'was her entire world.' Jocelyn had dreams of becoming a nurse, her family wrote. 4 Jocelyn was remembered as a devoted mother and fiancée. Her 3-year-old daughter, Melanie, 'was her entire world,' her family wrote. GofundMe A GoFundMe started by her fiancé has raised more than $18,700 to help support the child and family.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Yahoo
Milwaukee man accused of fatally shooting sister, injuring parents
The Brief A Milwaukee man was criminally charged after prosecutors say he shot and killed his sister, along with injuring his parents. It happened near 40th and Cheyenne on Wednesday, Jan. 22. He claimed his family had bullied him for years and that night he got fed up. MILWAUKEE - He got fed up after years of bullying. That's the reason a Milwaukee man gave to police for why he shot his parents and killed his sister. Prosecutors say 32-year-old Gerardo Jimenez-Rico confessed to killing his young sister and shooting his parents. It happened on Wednesday, Jan. 22, after his family came back from a trip to Mexico. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Now loved ones say they're mourning a death that they say should never have happened. 'I can't believe it still," said Karina Contreras, Jocelyn Jimenez's cousin. Timeline Court records show officers responded to 40th and Cheyenne just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 22 for a shooting. Once they entered the home, they found three adults shot and one dead. The deceased was a 22-year-old woman, Jocelyn Jimenez. Police say an injured woman told them her son Gerardo shot them. Shortly after, police say 32-year-old Gerardo Jimenez-Rico walked into a police station and confessed to shooting someone. Court records say he told police his parents and sisters had just got back from a trip to Mexico that night. Jimenez-Rico says his father started to get on his case about dirty dishes and that his sister joined in. He told police his family had bullied him for years about not having a job and that night he got fed up after he said his father mentioned he'd have to find another place to live. Jimenez-Rico said he got a gun and shot his father. He told police his sister had armed herself with a knife, so he shot and killed her. He said he didn't mean to shoot his mother and couldn't explain why he shot his mother. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android What they're saying "This was such a sudden loss that nobody is prepared for it," added Karina. She says the family is devastated by the whole situation, especially the loss of her cousin Jocelyn. "She was such a genuinely good person," said Karina. The family says Jocelyn had dreams of starting her own business and learning to make cakes. They say more than anything she looked forward to building a life with her fiancée and her young daughter. "We would always be messaging each other or talking about our kids, she loved her daughter with all her heart," said Karina. What you can do Karina has set up a GoFundMe for funeral and medical costs, along with essential living costs. What's next Gerardo Jimenez-Rico made his initial court appearance on Monday, Jan. 27. Cash bond was set at $1 million. He is due back in court on Feb. 6 for a preliminary hearing. The Source The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office provided FOX6 with the criminal complaint. FOX6 also spoke to the family of the victims.
Yahoo
27-01-2025
- Yahoo
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@ This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Prosecutors: Brother shot, killed sister, injured parents in Milwaukee
