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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Mar 12, 2016, 01:16 PM Mar 2016

Milwaukee Man Accused of Asking Victim's Race before Killing 3 People

Charges came down in Milwaukee County Court on Wednesday for the Milwaukee man accused of killing three people at his apartment building over the weekend.

Authorities say he shot all of his victims in the head and asked a man about his race before his actions on Sunday.

39-year-old Dan Popp is charged with three counts of first degree intentional homicide as well as one attempted homicide charge.
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Popp is accused of using a rifle to kill three people - all tenants at the apartment building at 3330 South 92nd Street. According to the criminal complaint, the night of the shooting he offered one of his future victims a beer and asked him where he was from.

http://www.cbs58.com/story/31440923/man-accused-of-asking-victims-race-before-killing-3-people

Man methodically targeted neighbors in triple homicide, complaint says

The son told police Popp pointed the gun at his father — saying, "You guys got to go" — and pulled the trigger.

Manso-Perez was shot in the head.
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Hearing the gunshots, Phia and Mai Vue, their four children and the adult relative hid in a bedroom together. They heard pounding on their apartment door and Mai gave the relative a cellphone to call police.

Popp kicked down the front door, made his way into the bedroom and pointed the rifle at Phia, ordering him to leave.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/milwaukee-man-charged-in-south-side-triple-homicide-b99685274z1-371687421.html
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Milwaukee Man Accused of Asking Victim's Race before Killing 3 People (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2016 OP
These people were killed because why? Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1
Because NRA scscholar Mar 2016 #2
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