Interrogation Of 22-yo Mother of 4 For A Drive-by That Killed a 14-yo

On a February evening in Milwaukee, a 22-year-old mother of four got into her sister’s car with a gun she grabbed from on top of the refrigerator. She was angry because teenagers had been breaking into her family’s vehicles and stealing things. She chased a group of boys down the street, rolled down the back passenger window of the parked car, leaned across the seat, and fired four shots. One of them struck a 14-year-old boy in the back. He died at the hospital. The raw interrogation transcript that follows captures her shifting story, her eventual admission, and the detectives’ methodical work to pull the truth from her.

The Initial Story and the Detectives’ Approach

The interview begins with the detectives reading the 22-year-old her Miranda rights. She confirms she understands them and agrees to talk. Her first account is careful and deflective. She says she was in the back seat of the car with a male friend she knows only as “Black” or “Nephew”—a 26-year-old man with a medium complexion and a small afro. According to this version, they chased the boys to scare them, and when the boys started running, “he just started shooting.” She says she drove back home, parked the car in the back, and later saw a Facebook Live video of a boy who had been shot. She says she then moved her car to her brother Gregory’s house because she was scared.