Prosecutors say three killed in Milwaukee shootings; Thomas Seville Zollicoffer in custody
Court filings name the dead as Vanessa DeHerrera, 26, Scott Bucholz, 29, and Shamarla Hare, 39. Police tackled the suspect at a home near 84th and Fiebrantz.
3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 18, 2026, 8:24 p.m. ET
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Aug 18, 2026, 8:58 p.m. ET
Man in custody and charged over Milwaukee shootings that killed three
A man has been taken into custody and charged in connection with shootings in Milwaukee that prosecutors say killed three people, according to FOX6. Prosecutors and a criminal complaint identify him as Thomas Seville Zollicoffer, 36. No further detail about the charges has been supplied.
Milwaukee Police surrounded a home near 84th and Fiebrantz where Zollicoffer was suspected to be hiding out shortly after noon Tuesday, FOX6 reported. The operation led to a tactical response and crisis negotiators being called in, and a flashbang exploded nearby as officers rushed forward and tackled Zollicoffer. The situation is no longer active.
Police were first called at around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, to a shooting at an apartment building, the Knitting Factory Lofts, near 21st and Pierce in Milwaukee, FOX6 reported, citing police. About 20 minutes after the shooting on W. Pierce, police were called to a home near 39th and Townsend, where they found Shamarla Hare, 39, with a gunshot wound to the head, according to court filings. Ballistics evidence found at both Milwaukee shooting scenes matched the same gun, also according to court filings.
Two of those killed have been identified as Vanessa DeHerrera, 26, whose name appears in court filings and search warrants and whose family spoke to FOX6, and Scott Bucholz, 29, named in court filings and by his family in online posts. A woman had six other people in her apartment at the Knitting Factory Lofts that Saturday afternoon, including DeHerrera and Bucholz.
A woman told police that a drunk and crying Zollicoffer showed up at her home near 84th and Fiebrantz and that she stayed up talking with him until 2:00 a.m. No cause or motive for the shootings is given in the available accounts.
Aug 18, 2026, 8:24 p.m. ETFirst report
Prosecutors say 3 killed in Milwaukee shootings; suspect in custody
Prosecutors say three people were killed in shootings in Milwaukee on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. Thomas Seville Zollicoffer, 36, whom prosecutors and a criminal complaint identify as the suspect, is in custody.
Police were first called to a shooting at an apartment building, the Knitting Factory Lofts, near 21st and Pierce in Milwaukee at around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, FOX6 reported, citing police. A woman had six other people in her apartment at the Knitting Factory Lofts on Saturday afternoon, including Vanessa DeHerrera and Scott Bucholz.
About 20 minutes after the shooting on W. Pierce, police were called to a home near 39th and Townsend, where they found Shamarla Hare with a gunshot wound to the head, according to court filings. Ballistics evidence found at both Milwaukee shooting scenes matched the same gun, court filings say.
Three victims are named in the record. Vanessa DeHerrera, 26, is named in court filings and search warrants, and her family spoke to FOX6. Scott Bucholz, 29, is named in court filings, and his family identified him in online posts. Shamarla Hare, 39, is named in court filings. The material available does not set out which of those named are among the three people prosecutors say were killed.
Shortly after noon Tuesday, Milwaukee Police surrounded a home near 84th and Fiebrantz where Zollicoffer was suspected to be hiding out, FOX6 reported. A tactical response followed and crisis negotiators were called in; a flashbang exploded nearby as officers rushed forward and tackled Zollicoffer. A woman told police that a drunk and crying Zollicoffer showed up at her home near 84th and Fiebrantz and that she stayed up talking with him until 2:00 a.m.
The incident is not active. What led to the shootings has not been stated, and no motive has been given in the material available. Further detail rests with Milwaukee Police and the court record.
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