Boy who accidentally shot himself IDâd by medical examiner
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Toddler killed in Milwaukee shooting
Mayor Tom Barrett called the boy s death a tragedy and said legislative action and enforcement are needed to ensure guns stay out of the hands of people who legally cannot have them as well as ensuring they are out of reach of young children.
MILWAUKEE - The medical examiner released the name of the 3-year-old boy police say got ahold of a gun and shot himself Saturday night, May 8 near 32nd and Michigan: C ire Walker.
Mayor Tom Barrett called the boy s death a tragedy and said legislative action and enforcement are needed to ensure guns stay out of the hands of people who legally cannot have them as well as ensuring they are out of reach of young children.
Dad Accused of Killing Five-Year-Old Son over Cheesecake Pleads Guilty
8 May 2021
A Wisconsin man who fatally punched his little boy over a slice of cheesecake was recently convicted of homicide.
“Travis Stackhouse, 30, had been on trial this week for first-degree reckless homicide in the June 2019 death of his son, Sir Amer Stackhouse,” the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinelreported Thursday.
Following two days of testimony from state witnesses, Stackhouse pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide, child abuse, and child neglect, the outlet said.
He faces up to 37 years behind bars.
The
Sentinel report continued:
According to prosecutors, Stackhouse was angry that his children were eating cheesecake he had gotten for Father’s Day earlier in the week, and later told police he’d only eaten one piece. He admitted he struck the boy’s face with the back of his hand, which Stackhouse said is heavier than normal because of metal inside from a surgery.
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A US jury this week convicted a man in the US city of Milwaukee of homicide for the 2019 death of his 5-year-old son.
A US jury this week convicted a man in the US city of Milwaukee of homicide for the 2019 death of his 5-year-old son. Prosecutors say he fatally punched the child over a piece of cheesecake on Father s Day. Travis Stackhouse, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree reckless homicide, child abuse and child neglect in the death of his son, Sir Amer Stackhouse. The guilty plea followed two days of testimony from the US state s witnesses at the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, according to state prosecutors.
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A Wisconsin father who fatally punched his child over a slice of cheesecake is facing nearly 40 years behind bars.
According to the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30-year-old Travis Stackhouse pleaded guilty to homicide charges in connection to the 2019 incident. Prosecutors say the man had become angry that his children had eaten the cake he had received for Father’s Day, so much so that he struck his 5-year-old son with the back of his hand, which reportedly contained metal from a surgery.
Stackhouse allegedly went to a bar with his friends later that night and didn’t return home until 2 a.m.; it was at that time the child’s mother decided to call 911 after realizing the boy was unresponsive. Officers arrived shortly after, and the child was pronounced dead at the scene.