41-year-old Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff Commits Suicide In West Allis, Police Found Brostoff's Body With A Self-inflicted Gunshot Wound At Greenfield Park

Brostoff took his life in an apparent suicide, according to West Allis police preliminary investigation.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 4, 2024

West Allis, Wisconsin - On Monday, WISN 12 News reported that Milwaukee Alderman Jonathan Brostoff, 41, from the Aldermanic District 3 was located deceased with a self-inflicted wound at the South parking lot of Greenfield Park, near S. 124 Street and W. Lincoln Ave. in West Allis.

West Allis Deputy police Chief Robert Fletcher confirmed that on Monday, a male was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office (MCMEO) pronounced Brostoff deceased at 1:50 p.m..

West Allis police continue the investigation. The MCMEO will do an autopsy on Brostoff's body on Tuesday.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, As a lawmaker, Brostoff was an advocate for mental health resources and suicide prevention, and had served on the Assembly Committee on Mental Health. He also spoke, and wrote, openly about his own mental health experiences.

Brostoff and Alderwoman JoCasta Zamarripa are best known in the Latino community for creating City legislation that limited Taco food trucks on N. Water Street in downtown Milwaukee and creating regulations to also limit the Taco food trucks at Burnham Park, 3300 block of W. Burnham in the Southside of Milwaukee.