Garza was a popular street elote (corn on the cob) vendor in Milwaukee's Southside.
A GoFundMe was created for Emilio Garza to help cover the costs of the funeral services at https://www.gofundme.com/f/senor-emilio-garza
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
August 29, 2020
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Friday, Milwaukee police responded before 9:00p.m. to the 2100 block of S. 11th Street to a report of a shooting incident that a street vendor had been fatally shot during an armed robbery. The victim was as identified as Emilio Garza, 52, (birth name Filigonio Ramirez Montes) known locally as a elote (corn on the cob) street vendor. He was originally from Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Garza also appeared in a video clip with the popular group Kinto Sol, according to fans.
Garza was known as Don Wicho and was a popular musician, he played the bass guitar and used to performed with a cumbia band at Indio's Bar on S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive.
Garza was known as Don Wicho and was a popular musician, he played the bass guitar and used to performed with a cumbia band at Indio's Bar on S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive.
Police are investigating the overnight homicide and are seeking several suspects involved in Garza's homicide.
In other unrelated non-life threatening shooting and a stabbing homicide incident, Milwaukee police reported that on Friday, August 28, 2020 at around 10:01a.m. on the 1500 block of S. 15th Place, a 41-year-old woman from Milwaukee sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound. Police are investigating the circumstances leading to the shooting.
Another homicide was reported by Milwaukee police on Thursday, August 27, 2020 around 5:09p.m. at the 1100 block of W. Greenfield Ave. where a 58-year-old man was fatally stabbed several times and a 54-year-old man was taken into custody.
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