Milwaukee social club shot, seventh person now accused

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Surveillance shows Samonte Wright, others on December 21, 2024 (courtesy: McDao)

Milwaukee – Milwaukee County prosecutors have accused a seventh person in relation to a 2024 shooting that wounded three people in a social club out of time.

Club shooting

The background history:

The shooting happened in Holton and Towsend Around 3 in the morning of December 21, 2024. A bell camera captured screams of panic before a car moved away.

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Milwaukee police said three people, 49, 29 and 16, were fired and suffered by injuries that did not enhance life. The owner was among the victims.

At least one of the people who are now accused told the Police that he is related to the owner, and that the shooting took place during what was supposed to be a family reunion. The owner told the officers that the party was for a man named Otis Green, who is also accused.

Image of the Interior of the Social Club outside Holton and Towsend

Dig more deeply:

The detectives were able to review the surveillance from inside the club, where the police said there were two separate shootings.

The prosecutors said that Vincent Reel and Delvin Highire argued when both men took weapons and exchanged shots. It was then that the owner grabbed a shotgun with non -lethal ammunition and seemed to expel people out of the room.

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Green, Highire, Shorontay Smith and Samonte Wright surrounded the owner, and the court documents said Wright took out the shotgun from the owner’s hands and pointed a gun to the owner’s face. Wright then grabbed a gun from the owner’s waist, which Smith kicked. The four then left together.

The video showed Wright shooting a gun in the building, and Highire turned and fired too. Then they got into a truck with Smith and left.

Image of the social club outside the hours out of Holton and Towsend

In court

What follows?

Prosecutors said the investigation into the case is ongoing and that additional charges could be added. The state of the seven people accused in the case is as follows, as of March 14:

Gary Cooper-Wertz, 29:

• December 31, 2024: accused of possession of a firearm by a criminal
• January 10, 2025: Bonds established at $ 15,000
• February 26, 2025: He declared himself innocent and tied to trial

Joyce Ford, 29:

• January 10, 2025: accused of endangering security through the reckless use of a firearm
• January 10, 2025: Bonds established at $ 50,000

Otis Green, 31:

• January 2, 2025: accused of armed robbery, reckless injury of the first degree, first grade that endangers the security and possession of a firearm by a criminal
• January 2, 2025: Bonds established at $ 150,000

TOP (LR) Gary Cooper-Wertz, Joyce Ford, Otis Green, Delvin Highire; Bottom (LR) Vincent Reel, Shorontay Smith, Samonte Wright

Delvin Highire, 44:

• January 19, 2025: accused of armed robbery, first -degree reckless lesion and imprudent security of first degree that endangers the reckless security
• January 21, 2025: Bonds established at $ 150,000
• March 7, 2025: He declared himself innocent and tied to trial

Vincent Reel, 44:

• January 12, 2025: accused of reckless injuries of first degree and possession of a firearm for a criminal
• January 13, 2025: Bonds established at $ 100,000
• February 20, 2025: He declared himself innocent and tied to trial

Shorontay Smith, 39:

• January 12, 2025: accused of armed robbery
• January 12, 2025: Bonds established at $ 5,000 (published on January 17, 2025)

Samonte Wright, 33:

• March 4, 2025: accused of armed robbery, first degree reckless lesion and first -degree security that endangers reckless security
• March 9, 2025: Bonds established at $ 50,000