The man accused of shooting and killing Annie Sandifer, a 33-year-old pregnant mother of five, in February 2020 was acquitted last week.
A jury in Milwaukee County on Friday found Antion D. Haywood, 32, of Milwaukee not guilty of first-degree reckless homicide, according to online court records.
Sandifer was a passenger on a party bus parked outside the former Gene’s Supper Club, at 4323 N. 60th St. in the Capitol Heights neighborhood on Milwaukee’s northwest side, when someone fired up to six rounds from the sunroof of a passing car, police said.
Haywood was charged more than a week after the shooting, after police held a news conference pleading for more information and the FBI offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.
Milwaukee man charged in fatal shooting of Annie Sandifer, acquitted
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Antion Haywood
MILWAUKEE - Antion Haywood, the suspect charged in the Feb. 2020 fatal shooting of a pregnant Milwaukee woman, has been acquitted of first-degree reckless homicide.
Annie Sandifer was on a party bus outside Gene s Supper Club on the evening of Feb. 1 when she was struck by a stray bullet. She died, but her baby survived born at just 26 weeks after an emergency c-section.
Annie Sandifer
A jury trial in the case began on Tuesday, March 30 with testimony heard from Milwaukee police detectives and investigators throughout the week.
Multiple shootings in past year drive police, neighbors and alderman to seek bar s closure. By Jeramey Jannene - Mar 13th, 2021 08:31 am //end headline wrapper ?>Gene’s Supper Club, 4323 N. 60th St. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
The Common Council denied a liquor license renewal for the tavern, 4323 N. 60th St., effectively shuttering the business, after hearing testimony from bar owner
James Robinson, Jr., Milwaukee Police Department representatives, neighbors and the area alderman’s office. Gun violence was a common theme.
During a February 17th license hearing, Milwaukee Police Department sergeant
Chad Raden spent over five minutes reading a series of confirmed incidents into the record.
PrideFest cancels its 4-day event slated for June due to COVID-19
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MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Pride, Inc., the parent organization of PrideFest, Wisconsin’s largest LGBTQ+ event, announced on Tuesday, Jan. 26 that it is officially canceling the four-day event slated for June.
PrideFest was set to take place at Maier Festival Park from Thursday, June 3-Sunday, June 6, 2021. This is the second year in a row the festival has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wes Shaver, Milwaukee Pride, Inc. President issued this statement in a news release: After much consideration, we cannot move forward with planning a June 2021 festival without knowing how and when a vaccine will be distributed throughout our community equally. It is still unclear as to how (or if) public gatherings will happen in 2021 and we cannot risk the health and wellbeing of our community by putting the festival ahead of the people it serves. Now, more