Husband charged with killing wife in downtown Milwaukee shooting

Lina PortmanMay 30, 2024

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PERSONALIZED ALERTS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. TONIGHT UPDATE OF A FATAL SHOOTING IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. IT HAPPENED ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SENSELESS CRIME IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT NEAR CARSON WELLS, LEAVING A VERY KNITTED COMMUNITY IN SHOCK, 12 NEWS CYREIA SANDLIN SPOKEN TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE VICTIM, WHO SAYS SHE LOST HER LIFE ON HER 60TH BIRTHDAY. CRIME SCENE TAPE AND FLASHING LIGHTS ON A SUNNY SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. A STRONG CONTRAST TO THIS QUIET STREET IN MILWAUKEE NEAR 13TH AND CAPITAL, WHERE THE NEIGHBORS ARE IN SHOCK. OVERALL, IT'S A NARROW KNIT. EVERYONE KNOWS EACH OTHER, AT LEAST ON THIS BLOCK. I just received the news. LIKE EVERYONE. And I didn't see it coming. It's totally a tragedy. I just didn't see it coming. NEIGHBORS IDENTIFY VICTIM OF SATURDAY’S DEADLY DOWNTOWN SHOOTING BECAUSE JACKIE BEESON KNOWS THEM BOTH. My wife actually grew up with Jackie and just a sweet person. THE VICTIM WAS SHOT AND KILLED SATURDAY. Neighbors tell me it was also his 60th birthday. THE DECORATED IRON STILL HANGING OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE. MILWAUKEE POLICE ARRESTED A 59-YEAR-OLD MAN, CALLING IT AN INCIDENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. EVERYTHING UNFOLDED SATURDAY AFTERNOON DOWNTOWN NEAR CASS AND WELLS STREETS. NOT FAR FROM THE CATHEDRAL SQUARE. I went to a restaurant around here a little after all that. And I saw people holding each other and crying. NEIGHBORS IDENTIFY THE PAIR AS A MARRIED COUPLE AND IDENTIFY THE MAN IN PRISON AS HER HUSBAND. THIS IS ALL A SURPRISE TO ME. You know, they always seem cordial and in a good mood when I see them. THIS TRAGEDY A SHOCK TO EVERYONE WHO KNOWS IT. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY TO HIS FAMILY? SHE LEFT BEHIND. I am truly sorry for your loss, and she will certainly be missed. IT'S SAD. MAN IS HELD ON $750,000 BOND WITH CHARGES PENDING IN MILWAUKEE, CYREIA SANDLIN, WISN 12 NEWS. HELP IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. WE HAVE A LINK TO

Husband charged with killing wife in downtown Milwaukee shooting

Timothy Lewis told police he “just lost it there.”

A Milwaukee man is accused of shooting and killing his wife Saturday near North Cass and East Wells streets in downtown Milwaukee. Neighbors helped identify the 60-year-old woman as Jackie Beason. Beason's birthday, according to neighbors, was Saturday. A criminal complaint says her husband, Timothy Lewis, was arguing with Beason when he shot her in the cheek. Her daughter, it is said, was on the phone with Beason before the shooting and heard her arguing with Lewis. Another woman called 911 and said she saw the shooting happen. Later that day, police stopped Lewis who was driving a white Mercedes Benz that neighbors reported at the scene of the shooting, the complaint states. He also admitted that he owned a firearm and had a concealed carry permit, the complaint states. He said he told police he knew he was “…going to jail for a long time and he knew the police were looking for him.” A day later, police questioned Lewis. He said he arranged a massage and pedicure for his wife and drove to where she was receiving the massage, the complaint states. He heard she was on the phone with her daughter, it is said. “Lewis said his wife and daughter were yelling at him and he was tired and pulled out his gun,” the criminal complaint states. “He said he “just lost it right then and there.” Lewis said he shot him once and thought he shot him in the jaw. He said he was the one who did it; no one else had done it. “Lewis was charged with first-degree reckless homicide Tuesday evening. He is currently being held in the Milwaukee County Jail.

MILWAUKEE —

A Milwaukee man is accused of shooting and killing his wife Saturday near North Cass and East Wells streets in downtown Milwaukee.

Neighbors helped identify the 60-year-old woman as Jackie Beason. Beason's birthday, according to neighbors, was Saturday.

A criminal complaint says her husband, Timothy Lewis, was arguing with Beason when he shot her in the cheek. Her daughter, it is said, was on the phone with Beason before the shooting and heard her arguing with Lewis. Another woman called 911 and said she saw the shooting happen.

Later that day, police stopped Lewis who was driving a white Mercedes Benz that neighbors reported at the scene of the shooting, the complaint states. He also admitted that he owned a firearm and had a concealed carry permit, the complaint states. He said he told police he knew he was “…going to jail for a long time and he knew the police were looking for him.”

A day later, police questioned Lewis. He said he arranged a massage and pedicure for his wife and drove to where she was receiving the massage, the complaint states. He heard she was on the phone with her daughter, it is said.

“Lewis said his wife and daughter were yelling at him and he was tired and pulled out his gun,” the criminal complaint states. “He said he “just lost it right then and there.” Lewis said he shot him once and thought he shot him in the jaw. He said he was the one who did it;

Lewis was charged with first-degree reckless homicide Tuesday evening. He is currently being held in the Milwaukee County Jail.