Son Opened Fire on Family in Fight Over Dirty Dishes

How you doing? Huh? >> Confession. Street. >> Got what? >> A confession I got to give you, man. >> You got a confession? >> Yeah. >> All right. I shot somebody, man. >> After a deadly family shooting in. Milwaukee, 32-year-old Herardo Jimenez. Rico walked into a police station and. admitted to the unthinkable. A sister is. dead, parents are wounded, and a. community is left reeling. What drove a. man to turn a routine family night into.

a nightmare? We're going to break down. the night that changed everything and. the choices that would land Jimenez Rico. in prison for decades. Welcome to. Sidebar, presented by Law and Crime. I'm. Jesse Weber. So, here's what happened in Milwaukee, and it's one of those cases that will. stick with you long after you hear it, cuz it just doesn't make sense. You have. this routine family evening that spirals. into a nightmare, into a tragedy. It. left one young woman dead, her parents.

wounded, and a man confessing to all of. this at a police station. And this all. started over something as mundane as. being asked to do the dishes. 32-year-old Herardo Jimenez Rico killed. his younger sister, 22-year-old Joselyn. Jimenez, and shot both of his parents. Now, they survived, but I will tell you. the emotional, the physical scars, that. is going to last a lifetime. And when. police questioned him about what.

happened, he said he acted out of years. of frustration and feeling bullied by. the very people who were supposed to. love him. And that chilling confession. led to his arrest and ultimately a very. lengthy prison sentence, leaving the. community struggling to make sense of. what happened here. So, here's how it. all unfolded. We go to the evening of. January 22nd and around 6:30 p.m. Milwaukee police receive a frantic 911. call about a shooting near 40th and. Cheyenne Street. Neighbors reported.

seeing a man bleeding from a gunshot. wound outside of a home. And panic and. chaos, they erupt as they tried to. understand what is going on with this. terrifying scene that's unfolding just. steps from the front doors. And that. chilling call really does capture this. moment in real time. 911. Where is your. emergency? >> Uh 4001 West Cheyenne Street. My. neighbor shot. >> Okay. You take 4001 West Cheyenne. Street.

>> Yes. Yes. >> Is that a apartment single family or. duplex? >> Single single family home. >> And you said he was shot. >> Yes. He's bleeding from his abdomen and. he's shot. >> It's wild. I know. And this caller tells. dispatch that the shooting was unfolding. at that very moment. When did this. occur? >> It's occurring right now. Hey, amigo. >> Where's the person that shot him? >> He's on my front lawn. He's shoeless. He. has no jacket. >> Where's the person that shot him? >> He's He's in my front lawn.

>> Come inside. >> We need We need ambulance. He's shot. He's shot in the abdomen. >> Happening at that moment. That is so. crazy. And the dispatcher assures help. is on the way as this neighbor describes. the victim screaming in pain. >> Give me one second. Let me get medical. on the line. >> Hang on, George. Ambulance. My neighbor. is shot. >> All right, stand the line with me. I'm.

go ahead and get some help here. >> Yes, he's breathing and he's screaming. He's shot in the abdomen. >> But when asked about the shooter, the. neighbor admits he's not sure where this. suspect is. >> Is the person that shot him still. nearby? He's He's on my porch. >> Is the person that shot him still. nearby? >> I don't know. He doesn't speak English. >> Okay. Is there any serious bleeding? >> I think he's saying somebody's after his. family. >> Did you hear any gunshots? >> No. I heard somebody feeding on my. house. >> Finally, sirens arrive as police and EMS.

rush to this scene. >> Sir, do you hear the sirens? >> Yes. Yes. They're here. Family, too. >> Sir, sir. Sir, >> he lives in that house right here. He. lives here. >> Yes. He saved his family, too. >> Okay. >> And he came running over here uh beating. on my door. >> So I read talk to him. Okay. I was watching TV. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> When officers arrived, it was a.

disaster. They found three adults. suffering from gunshot wounds. Jocelyn. was already dead. Her mother, despite. her very serious injuries, managed to. tell police this shocking truth that her. own son, Herardo, was the shooter, the. one who had opened fire on his parents. and sister. By the way, real quick, at. Long Crime, as you can tell from the. story that we're covering, we are trying. our best to give our viewers clear fact. driven reporting. But look, we can't. control the rest of the media. And the.

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unlimited access to their worldwide. coverage. Now, before a full manhunt. could even begin, Herardo did something. quite unique, very different. Walks. calmly into the District 1 police. station downtown. This is what, just. hours after this shooting on Cheyenne. Street. There is bodywn camera footage. that captures this moment. It is quite. unsettling where he confesses to the. crime and his composure, I got to say,

is in stark contrast to the chaos that. he had left behind. >> How you doing? >> What's going on, boss? >> Huh? >> Got what? A confession I got to give. you, man. >> You got a confession? >> Yeah. >> All right. >> I don't got any. >> Okay. What's the confession, boss? >> All right. >> Shot somebody, man.

>> So, police immediately moved to secure. him, ordering Jimenez Rico to show his. hands, spin in a circle, drop to his. knees. >> You got nothing on you? >> Just my wallet. >> Just your wallet. All right. What I want. you to do is I want you to raise the. back of your hood. >> Which hands? >> Both of them. All right. >> Raise it up so that I can see your belt. line. >> Okay. >> Okay. I want you to turn in a 360. All right.

Stay right there. All right. What I want. you to do is I want you to turn around. >> Put your hands on top of your head. >> Don't look at me. Squad. 1296. Can I have an additional squad here at. MUN Court. for a C1.

for a C1? >> All right. I want you to go down to your. knees. Do not move. >> All right. Everything's going to be. figured out. I'm doing this for your. safety and mine. Okay.

>> Need some help? >> You're in need of some help? Yeah. >> Okay. All. right, boss. It's going to be okay. All. right. >> Now, officers obviously they press him. for details, right? They want to know. when and where this shooting happened. >> Where did this happen? >> This happened recently, man. >> Today. >> Couple couple weeks ago. >> Couple days ago. >> Couple minutes ago. >> Couple minutes ago. Where? >> My house. My parents.

>> Who' you Who' you shoot? >> It was an argument. Stupid argument, but. stupid argument. >> What address is it? >> This is my wallet. It's 395. >> 1296. Uh, I have a person here turning. in himself for the shooting on Cheyenne.

>> What is your name, sir? >> Gerardo. >> Gerardo. You can go in my pocket. It's. in my. >> His name is Gerardo. >> I want you to stand up for me. >> You got anything on you that's going to. poke me, stick me, or hurt me? >> Yeah, we're going to figure that out. >> Shooting on Cheyenne. He turned himself. in just now. It happened a couple.

minutes ago, he says. Where's your wallet? >> This jacket? >> Yeah, >> it's up here. >> Yeah, I'm dust. >> Did you walk here? >> I took the same bus. >> Okay.

I'm put you down right here. Heat. Heat.

Huh? >> Oh, they're all unlocked. >> One of them doesn't open right now. I. have them all unlocked. He has his ID right here.

>> You want us? I'm sorry. I thought he was fighting. with somebody. >> Okay, man. >> It might be under there.

>> You want to search them quick? >> Yeah. You want to search them again? And. then those are my coach. Whenever you. bring them back, I'll be right here. until midnight. >> They ran through here. No, he just he. just got here maybe 3 minutes ago. >> Do we know uh how he got here at all by. chance? >> He took the city bus, he said. Right. Welcome. to.

He does not. He only has his uh ID on. him. the US the task force is all down here. They're taking them right now. I guess. they're. >> What's a uh excuse me, what squad is. going to book through?

>> What was it? >> 9434 9434, sir. >> Okay. So, according to the criminal. complaint in this case, Herardo told. detectives that his parents and sister. had just returned that night from a. month-long trip to Mexico, and he hadn't. gone, citing unemployment, financial. strain, and in his mind, those factors. made him a target of constant criticism. at home. He described years of what he. called bullying, claiming his family. would often gang up on him. And on the.

night of the shooting, he said it all. came to a head over something as. ordinary as dirty dishes in the sink. It's unbelievable. The complaint reads, "His father then came down to complain. about the dirty dishes in the sink. Jimenez Rico explained the sink was. clogged and the pipe plumbing needed. attention. Upstairs, Jimenez Rico said. his dad continued to quote get on his. case." And his sister also joined in. complaining. He stated the bullying has. gone on for many years now and he just. got fed up with it. And when his father.

added that Herardo would have to find. another place to live, he said that was. the breaking point. The complaint. continues. Jimenez Rico said he thought. about going back to the basement where. his bedroom is, but then he said he was. just fed up with putting up with the. bullying from his father and his sister. He went on to state that he quote. pointed the gun in his father's. direction and recalls firing the gun. more than once. So what does Joselyn. reportedly do? picks up a knife and. Herardo then points the gun at her, fires at her four times, striking her in.

the chest, the back, the lungs, the arm. She died at the scene and their mother. was also shot as she entered the room. Why? Well, Herardo later told. investigators he didn't intend to shoot. her, but really couldn't explain why he. shot her. Both parents, they were rushed. to the hospital, severe injuries. They. ultimately survived. And these crime. scene photos, my gosh, they capture the. harrowing aftermath inside of that home. Investigators documented every corner,

the entryway, the kitchen, the living. spaces, revealing, again, I keep using. this word, the chaos that was left. behind. Evidence markers were placed. near spent shell casings, a knife, blood. stains across the floors. Photos also. show the firearm that police say Herardo. used along with personal belongings that. were scattered in the wake of this. violence. law enforcement. They. carefully photographed each item. They. reconstructed the sequence of events, the sequence of this shooting. And I. have to say, when you look at these, and.

we've seen this in a number of cases, it's images like these that serve as a. stark reminder of the tragedy. And here, it's one that transformed an ordinary. family home into a crime scene, a crime. scene of unspeakable loss where a. daughter's life was taken and her. parents were severely wounded. Now, Herardo, talk about the legal case. He. made his first court appearance on. January 27th, and he faced charges of. firstdegree reckless homicide, attempted. seconddegree intentional homicide, and. firstdegree reckless injury, all.

felonies. So, a judge set his cash bond. and a million dollars. And though he was. initially scheduled for trial on May. 20th, he chose to plead guilty. And. just, by the way, as a legal aside here, I want you to take a closer look at what. those charges mean under Wisconsin law, what we're talking about. So. first-degree reckless homicide. constitutes basically causing the death. of another human being by recklessly. engaging in conduct that creates a high. risk under circumstances which show. utter disregard for human life. And by.

the way, recklessness, it is more than. just negligence. It is consciously. disregarding a known risk. And shooting. his sister multiple times despite not. necessarily maybe intending her death in. a premeditated way seems to fit this. charge under the law. Attempted. seconddegree intentional homicide is. defined as attempting to intentionally. cause the death of another person. without premeditation. Right? Second. degree. And an attempt means essentially. taking substantial steps toward.

committing the act but failing or being. interrupted in some way and shooting. both parents but failing to kill them. That would seem to qualify for this. charge. First-degree reckless injury. It's defined as whoever recklessly. causes great bodily harm to another. human being under circumstances again. which show utter disregard for human. life. Shooting his mother who survived. but was seriously injured meets that. definition. So what happened in the end? A Milwaukee County judge sentenced him. to 35 years in prison. And this is. followed by 19 years of supervised.

release. But Herardo's explanation, it. didn't really do much to ease the pain. for this family. Jocelyn's loved ones, they remain devastated. Her cousin. Karina remembered her as such a. genuinely good person, someone with. dreams of starting her own business, baking cakes, raising her beloved young. daughter. Joselyn leaves behind a. four-year-old little girl. And there was. a GoFundMe page that was set up for her. daughter to help with basic living. expenses. And you have these parents who.

are now trying to make sense of all. this. They've lost their child. It is a. horrible situation, a horrible crime, and again, one hard to make sense of. It's all we have for you right now here. on Sidebar, everybody. Thank you so much. for joining us, and as always, please. subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcast, Spotify, wherever you should get your. podcasts. I'm Jesse Weber. I'll speak to. you next time. [Music].