A North Side Milwaukee block near Darien and Green Tree has been shaken to its core after a March 9 shooting left two adults and an unborn child dead outside an apartment complex. Loved ones have identified the victims as Giovanni McVicker and Maya Tolbert, and neighbors say what started as a routine request about loud music exploded into deadly violence. In the days since, residents have been gathering around informal memorials, trying to process how a familiar neighbor is now at the center of a triple homicide case.
Prosecutors have charged 27-year-old Tyrese Allen with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child. He made his first appearance in Milwaukee County court on March 15, where a court commissioner set his cash bond at $500,000, according to FOX6 News. Court filings cited in that reporting say Allen admitted his involvement, and that surveillance footage allegedly shows him firing a weapon before he later surrendered to police. Prosecutors have charged Allen with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide, and he is scheduled to return to court on March 23.
Family members and neighbors told reporters that the confrontation began when McVicker asked a neighbor to turn down loud music so his children could sleep, and that Tolbert was seven months pregnant at the time of the shooting. A makeshift memorial soon appeared near the scene as relatives called for justice and community members contributed to a GoFundMe to help cover funeral costs. Those family accounts and memorial details were reported by TMJ4.
What investigators say
Detectives recovered more than 40 9mm spent casings at the scene, along with two loaded Glock magazines with blood stains, items of clothing and an iPhone. Investigators say surveillance video captured crucial moments of the incident. According to a criminal complaint summarized in local reporting, the video appears to show the defendant leaving the area, then returning and seeming to grab an object from where Tolbert was lying. The complaint notes that "the video does not appear to show anyone shoot except for the defendant." Those investigative details and notes from Allen's interview with detectives are outlined in court filings cited by FOX6 News.
Neighbors mourn and police ask for tips
On the block, neighbors described a stunned and grieving community in the days after the shooting, with relatives searching for answers even as they work to raise money for funeral expenses. Milwaukee police are asking anyone with information to contact the department's tip line or Crime Stoppers, and local reporting includes the police tip number along with the 414-224-TIPS Crime Stoppers line. Broader context on the killing, including reporting that arguments and disputes are a leading known cause of homicides in Milwaukee, has been documented by local outlets and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Local broadcasters have also shared background and contact details for anyone with information, per WISN 12 News.
