According to the mainstream media reports, the Milwaukee Police Department has submitted their final triple shooting investigation report at El Rey Supermarket over the weekend to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office to determine, if charges will be filed against Enoch Wilson, the Director of Marshal Public Safety, a private security company.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
July 12, 2022
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Enoch Wilson, 43, is the Director of Marshal Public Safety (MPS), a private security company who fatally shot Luis J. Lorenzo, 36, aka. "Pito" during an altercation at the El Rey Supermarket parking lot, 916 S. César E. Chávez Drive in the Southside of Milwaukee. Apparently, Wilson and MPS Officer Anthony "Tony" James Nolden, 59, who also lost his life were attempting to enforce El Rey's in house rule that their clientele is prohibited from entering the supermarket with large bags or backpacks.
Rumors spread quickly after Dan O'Donnell, a Trump supporter and a conservative WISN radio talk host tweeted that Lorenzo was allegedly stealing from El Rey, according to his sources, which turned out to be untrue and has since deleted the tweet, and also an unrelated social media post to O'Donnell with the assumption that Nolden gave his life to "save so many people" and was being hailed as a hero for possibly attempting to stop a mass shooting at the popular grocery store, which has yet to be confirmed.
In reality, why did both Wilson and Nolden decided to follow Lorenzo into the parking when he had already left El Rey? Did both Wilson and Nolden use excessive force prompting Lorenzo to feel threatened of losing his life and taking out a handgun from his waistband and firing the fatal shots allegedly striking Nolden and then for Wilson to fatally shoot Lorenzo in return, simply over the initial enforcement of a in house rule that prohibited Lorenzo from carrying his backpack with $2,000 in cash inside the store.
It seems that the MPS officers simply failed to de escalate the situation and resulted in two deaths affecting multiple families and love ones including leaving children without a father.
One of Lorenzo's sister posted on her Facebook account that both Wilson and Nolden forced Lorenzo out of El Rey Supermarket and then shuffled with him in the far end of the parking lot resulting in the death of both shooting victims and a 41-year-old unidentified woman being crazed by gunfire as a result of possibly using excessive force by the MPS officers including exceeding their authority allowed by state law, which limits their authority to assault and restraint individuals, especially while enforcing an in house rule of prohibiting large bags inside the store.
So far, Wilson has not made any statements in regards to what led to the deaths of both Lorenzo and Nolden including why did they decide to continue to follow Lorenzo outside after he already had left El Rey Supermarket and why didn't they call police when Lorenzo continued to refused to leave his backpack at the front customer service counter and walked in with backpack, and was followd by Nolden through out the store before Lorenzo finally made his exit from the store?
Lorenzo has no history of being a violent man nor does he have any history of gun violence convictions.
After his death, his felony convictions were spread by the mainstream media and certain individuals to probably justify his death. Lorenzo had an active warrant for a prior drug case.
In this case, the MPS officers didn't know of Lorenzo's felony convictions and that he had an active warrant, which are definitely irrelevant to what happened at El Rey.
Several things for sure that we know, Lorenzo was a regular cliente who loved to eat at El Rey food restaurant on Chávez Drive and he was not a violent man and he had no intention to commit mass murder as led to believe in social media posts because he walked out or was forced out of El Rey by MPS officers.
Lorenzo never brandished a handgun while inside El Rey until both MPS officers were altercating with him in the parking lot. He was a felon and is prohibited from carrying a deadly weapon. But, the penalty for a felon in possession of a firearm is 5 years in prison and not the death penalty in Wisconsin. Lorenzo as anyone else has a right to defend his or their life, if he believes his life is being threaten under Wisconsin law, although consequences might follow, but at least the individual would be alive to face them.
Wilson had authority over Nolden, if Wilson would have told Nolden to stand down and let Lorenzo go (continue on his way) once he exited the El Rey Supermarket and then call police, both Nolden and Lorenzo would be alive today. In this tragic incident at El Rey parking lot, it seems that Wilson and Nolden had a choice, but they made a deadly decision to get into an altercation with Lorenzo that resulted in the death of both Nolden and Lorenzo.
Their are multiple surveillance cameras inside El Rey and outside, and the last few minutes of video recorded of the outside shooting could determine, if charges will be filed against Wilson or he was justified in killing Lorenzo, and if both MPS officers exceeded their authority under state law. According to the MPS company website, their MPS officers wear body cameras.
Justice for both Lorenzo and Nolden is warranted in this case!
The family of Lorenzo says that they will continue to protest at El Rey on Chávez Drive with ski masks and backpacks to seek justice for Lorenzo.
Despite the outcome of this case, lawsuits from Lorenzo's family will follow, according to Wanda Rodriguez, the sister of Lorenzo who is also seeking justice for her brother.
Video: Protest at El Rey by Lorenzo's family.
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