Milwaukee El Rey shooting
A vigil was held Sunday night after two people were shot and killed following a disturbance at an El Rey grocery store in Milwaukee Saturday morning, one of them a security guard.
MILWAUKEE – Two people were shot and killed after a disturbance at a Milwaukee grocery store Saturday morning, July 9, authorities said. A vigil was organized on Sunday evening for the security guard who was killed on the job.
The shooting took place at the El Rey on Cesar Chavez Drive. It’s one of three Milwaukee locations for the Hispanic grocer.
Police said the commotion spread to the parking lot, where a man and two security guards exchanged gunfire. The man and one of the security guards were killed, and a bystander suffered minor injuries, police said.
Security guard identified
The family of the slain security guard identified him as Anthony Nolden, 59, known as “Uncle Tony”. His family said he loved working in this community, and based on what was said at Sunday night’s vigil, the community loved him too.
When news broke of the shooting at the El Rey grocery store on Cesar Chavez Drive, NaTeisha Nolden picked up her phone.
“I have closed my Facebook for the moment. I called my uncle on Messenger. No answer. I’m writing to him. No answer. I call his phone. I’m still writing.
Nolden’s “Uncle Tony” worked as a security guard at the El Rey. He never called her.
“It’s really heartbreaking that I can never speak to him again. No phone calls. No birthday cards, like nothing,” said NaTeisha Nolden.
Milwaukee police said they were called to the store just before 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning where there was a fight between Anthony Nolden and a 36-year-old Milwaukee man. They both died.
Shooting scene outside El Rey on Cesar Chavez Drive
“I’m angry. I’m not even going to lie. I’m angry,” said NaTeisha Nolden. “These weapons make no sense.”
Teisha Nolden spoke at Sunday’s vigil for her uncle exactly 23 years to the day he buried Anthony Nolden’s brother, her father.
“I feel a hole in my heart again, like I’m replaying my father’s death again after 23 years,” NaTeisha Nolden said.
She said her uncle stepped in as a father figure when her father was shot and killed in 1999. Her grandmother’s only two sons are now gone because of gun violence.
“I keep looking out the window. Who’s next?” NaTeisha Nolden said. “Who am I going to call next time? Will it be me? Another family member? Friend? It’s heartbreaking. It’s ridiculous. It’s ridiculous.”
Police have not released any information about why the 36-year-old Milwaukee man showed up in El Rey with a gun Saturday morning.
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