Police say the employee at Molson-Coors Brewing Company who fatally shot five co-workers in Milwaukee Wednesday is 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill.
The victims are:
- Jesus Valle Jr., 33 of Milwaukee
- Gennady Levshetz, 61, of Mequon
- Trevor Wetselaar, 33, of Milwaukee
- Dana Walk, 57, of Delafield
- Dale Hudson, 50, of Waukesha
The gunfire broke out around 2:00 p.m. local time at the beverage company, located at the 3939 W. Highland Blvd. Reports suggest the shooting started in the second-floor stairwell of Building 4.
According to reports, Ferrill regularly argued with one of the victims that kas killed, a fellow electrician at the company.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported: A co-worker who asked not to be identified for fear of being disciplined said Ferrill believed he was being discriminated against because he was African American and that he frequently argued with at least one of the victims, a fellow electrician.
The co-worker said Ferrill often watched movies on his phone during the day, which the other electrician took issue with, and that the two accused each other of going into each others’ offices and stealing tools or tampering with computer equipment.
About a year ago, the employee said, Ferrill started saying he believed brewery workers were coming into his home, bugging his computer and moving chairs around.
“I was: ‘Are you serious, Anthony? What?’ We all kind of joked about it, saying we should maybe get him an aluminum hat. Things just started getting weird. But he was dead serious about it,” the co-worker said.
Police and the Mayor declined to say at a press conference Thursday if the shooting was racially motivated.
Update regarding critical incident that occurred on Wednesday, February 26, 2020. pic.twitter.com/NT9dQr36VC
— Milwaukee Police (@MilwaukeePolice) February 27, 2020
Watch the press conference below.
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