Milwaukee Man Charged In Shooting Deaths Of 2 Men

MILWAUKEE, WI — A man, accused of killing two men in the neighborhood of 6th and Center streets on Friday, has been arrested, police report. Donnell Allen, of the 3500 block of N. 37th Street in Milwaukee, has been charged two counts of first-degree reckless homicide.

If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 80 years in prison.

Police in Milwaukee were originally dispatched to the area of 6th and Center streets on a report of a shooting. According to police accounts, when officers arrived, they saw men wounded on the grass near the back yard of a home on the 600 block of Center Street.

Officers said they saw one man, Justin Singleton, not moving or breathing. The other man, Antonio Singleton, was struggling to breathe. The men, according to police, are brothers. Officer accounts indicated that Justin died at the scene. Antonio was transported to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where he died as a result of his injuries.

According to a witness, Antonio and Justin Singleton socializing on the rear porch of their home when a silver Chevy Impala pulled up. The witness told police that he saw Allen get out of the car and walk up to the two men. The witness said that an argument escalated and the sound of between five and six gunshots were heard.

When the shooting was over, the witness told police he came back outside to see the brothers both wounded. Police say they found seven .40-caliber shell casings near where Justin and Antonio were found.

According to a FOX 6 report on the night of the shooting, Macshaunya Wright said she hurried to the scene where her brothers, Justin and Tony were shot and killed.

"They were good young men, striving to be better and help add to the positivity of our community. It’s just sad that we can’t handle our issues and problems without resorting to violence. We should be able to talk about things. I wanted to be able to hug my brother or at least say goodbye with my mom and my sisters and my brothers, but they wouldn’t let us do that. Just seeing the body bag was closure enough for me. I heard it was something as silly as a female making a call and some females pulled up in a car that was tinted and shot at my brothers and pulled off," said Wright in the report.

According to reports, following an autopsy by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office, it was determined that Justin suffered gunshot wounds to chest and abdomen and that Antonio suffered gunshot wounds to the neck, arm and leg.

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