Camero Used By Suspects In Get Away After The Lopez Southside Brutal Homicide

Mariano J. Lopez

Police seeking information to locate Camero used to get away after homicide.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 26, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - Police is seeking information to the whereabouts of a 1986 or 1987 Chevy Camero Z28 allegedly used by homicide suspects to flee from the 600 block of S. 5th Street on November 4. Nearby video surveillance camera caught the suspects fleeing from the crime scene, according to Milwaukee police. Two victims were assaulted by a group of suspects outside the Tropical Latino Club, ending in the death of a 45-year-old man and injuries sustained by a 37-year-old man.

The Tropical Latino Club owner has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect or suspects involved in the Nov. 4, beating death of Mariano J. Lopez, 45. Police are looking for multiple suspects in the Lopez homicide and brutal assault of Toby Villarreal, 37, from Greenfield after leaving the Tropical Latino bar. 

Lopez of Franklin was fatally assaulted at the 600 block of S. 5th St. A nearby  surveillance camera recorded the beating and possible suspects involved.

His friend Villarreal survived, but suffered three broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Lopez later died at a local hospital. 

Both Lopez and Villarreal were jumped and beaten by a group of suspects shortly after stepping in to defuse an argument between his female cousin and a man inside the Tropical Latino. After Lopez left the bar around 2:20 a.m. on Nov. 4, the suspects attacked Lopez and Villarreal outside the bar, according to police.

Villarreal says they were attacked from behind and doesn't recall anything after being assaulted.