Man, 21, charged in deadly Memorial Day shooting near Humboldt & Center

MILWAUKEE — A 21-year-old man has been charged in a fatal shooting in Milwaukee that killed 21-year-old Hunter C Nachriener on Monday, May 27.

John D Huff, 21, faces the following charges:

Count 1: Homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon, explosives or fire.

Huff told investigators that Hunter was accidentally shot while “trying to take it apart,” according to a criminal complaint filed by Milwaukee police.

Shooting

Officers were dispatched to Humboldt & Center for reports of a shooting at approximately 8:27 p.m. on Monday, May 27.

When officers arrived, they said they noticed a crowd gathered around a gray vehicle facing north.

Officers ran to help the shooting victim, who was later identified as Hunter C. Nachriener, 21, who was lying on his side on the ground. Police say there was blood on the driver's seat of the car.

They also observed a person, later identified as John Huff, the man accused of Nachriener's murder, covering a bullet hole in Nachriener's body.

Another person, later identified as “CS,” held Nachriener’s head.

Officers spoke to a woman who identified Huff as the shooter. Huff told officers the firearm was in a green bag in the car.

Investigation

Officers attempted CRP, but Nachriener was later pronounced dead. It was later determined that he had been shot in the back.
When asked what happened, Huff told officers he did not know he had a bullet in the chamber of his firearm and that he was removing the top slide of his firearm to fire and accidentally fired the weapon.

Huff would later tell investigators on May 28 that he was trying to take the gun apart.

I was just an idiot. I was trying to take it apart. Usually I don't have a round in the chamber, so I took the slide out, locked it, and didn't take the magazine out, that was my problem,” Huff said. “And then I put the slide forward and it felt like I was aiming down, but I didn't expect there to be a bullet in the chamber, and, because you have to press on the trigger so that the slide advances and exits the weapon. And then I heard the sound and we were all freaked out. At first I wasn't really sure what had happened. And then Hunter started screaming, so we stopped.”

Despite this, when asked if he knew the rules of gun safety, he replied: “Don't point your gun at anything you don't intend to destroy and always treat your gun as if it was loaded. »

If convicted, Huff could be fined up to $25,000 and imprisoned for up to ten years.

His first court appearance is scheduled for Friday, May 31 at 8:30 a.m.

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