Milwaukee Police Shooting Probe of Latino Man to begin in June - Unarmed Latino Man Shot 8 Times in the Back

An inquest into the death of Wilbert Prado, who was shot eight times by an off-duty Milwaukee police officer last month, may not begin until June, the lead prosecutor said Thursday.Milwaukee Deputy District Attorney Patrick Kenney said evidence is still being analyzed by the State Crime Laboratory. "There's a ton of evidence," he said, including DNA, clothing, the weapon, shell casings, the van Prado was driving and other material. Kenney said he expects that within the next two weeks he will go to the chief judge to get the case assigned to the inquest judge. After that, a date will be set by the judge after a meeting with other attorneys involved in the case, he said. Because of the schedules of the lawyers involved, he said it may be June before the inquest is held. He said three months between shooting and inquest is not unusual. Prado's family has hired civil rights attorney Victor Arellano of Madison to look into the March 6 shooting, which occurred in an alley near S. 9th. and W. Ohio streets. "This case shocks the conscience of the community, not just the Hispanic community, because of the lack of a weapon, the number of bullets, the location of the bullets and the many questions it has raised about how the entire incident was handled by police," Arellano said. "We are going to look at every move and every step."  According to a medical examiner's report, Prado, 25, was shot eight times, including some shots in the back, and there were about 10 bullet holes in the driver's side of Prado's van. The report says no gun was recovered on or near his body. [more]