MILWAUKEE — A deadly shooting took place on the freeway, and the suspect is still on the run. A 40-year-old man from Milwaukee was shot and killed by someone in another moving vehicle.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 40-year-old Michael Schraven of Milwaukee.
Deputies are working to find out who pulled the trigger.
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman James Burnett said, “I’m not aware of a pre-existing relationship” between the suspect and victim.
Deputies say shots were fired just before 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Silver Spring on-ramp to the Fond du Lac Freeway. Witnesses like Willie Davis found the victim with gunshot wounds about a half-mile down at the 76th Street southbound exit. Davis says the victim, who was in the driver's seat, “was shot in the shoulder and back and all his windows were shot out and everything.”
The southbound Fond du Lac Freeway was shut down in the area for hours, as we saw investigators take pictures and search for evidence with a K9 and drone.
Davis says he spoke to a woman who was in the victim’s car right after the shooting. She was not hurt but, “She's pretty shaken up pretty bad. She told us it was road rage and her husband had been shot.”
The sheriff’s office spokesman could not confirm if road rage spurred this deadly shooting. They do have this message to the public: “There is a better way to solve your problems that won't get you locked up for life.”
Good Samaritan Keri Mack helped give CPR to the victim, who did not make it. “From the sounds of it, they were innocent and then for that man to lose his life… unfortunately God called him home," Mack said.
As for a suspect or vehicle description, the Sheriff’s Office spokesman says they cannot get that to us because there are conflicting reports from witnesses.
According to the latest news release from the sheriff's office, Wednesday afternoon:
This morning, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office reported that this agency was investigating a homicide that occurred at about 9 a.m. on STH-145, on or near the southbound 76th Street offramp. One victim, a 40-year-old adult male, suffered a fatal gunshot wound fired by a suspect in another vehicle. A 42-year-old female occupant of the vehicle the victim was driving was uninjured. Southbound STH-145 was closed and all southbound traffic temporarily diverted off the highway at 107th Street to accommodate the investigation.
Attempts to notify the victim’s next of kin have so far been unsuccessful. When that notification has been made and investigators have cleared other elements of the case, a further update will be made. If I can offer that update this afternoon or evening, I will.
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