The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office says that Wilson won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting Lorenzo at the El Rey Supermarket parking lot over what ignited the whole confrontation and altercation, the El Rey in-store rule of no large bags or backpacks allowed inside the store.
Press Conference: MKE Attorney Sulton says, Luis Lorenzo, 36, was murdered by MPS private security at El Rey Foods https://youtu.be/IVVMPNIizAo
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
July 20, 2022
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office decided that Enoch Wilson, 43, the Director of the Marshal Public Safety (MPS) company who on July 9, 2022, he and MPS Officer Anthony James Nolden, 59, had expired firearm licenses at the time they pursued Luis Lorenzo, 36, into the El Rey Supermarket parking lot after he ran away from them and the tragic triple shooting occurred.
The Lorenzo family hired an attorney to pursue legal relief for the family who, since the death of Lorenzo have been seeking justice and holding protests at El Rey chanting "El Rey Cover-up, Justice for Pito".
Attorney William Sulton, who represents the Lorenzo family discovered that both Wilson and Lorenzo were working at El Rey Supermarket with expired firearm licenses and that El Rey is also responsible (liable) for what happened at the parking lot.
Attorney Sulton during a press conference by El Rey last Sunday stated, "Mr. Nolden and other private security personnel that work at El Rey do not have licenses to carry firearms while acting as private security and that is a crime in our state and chargeable to the supervisor here at El Rey...that is something that MPD has ignored and we intend to ask them why is that the case...Right now certainly we have enough information to pursue a case against both El Rey's and the private security firms based on the fact that they hired folks and allowed them to work unlawfully carrying firearms." Nolden's license to carry a firearm as a private security guard expired on March 10, 2022 and Wilson's license to carry a firearm expired on June 28, 2022, according to the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services website.
Sulton says that the MPD hasn't made any referrals the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office to criminally charge MPS company for illegal carrying of firearms as a private security company and El Rey for hiring and allowing armed security guards to illegally carry firearms at the grocery store who are not trained or licensed to carry firearms while acting as security guards.
The D.A.'s Office confirmed that Lorenzo had ran out of the El Rey after making a gesture to Nolden after Nolden attempted to enforce an in-store rule of no large bags and backpacks allowed inside, which Lorenzo refused to leave his backpack at the front customer service counter. Nolden called Wilson for backup instead of calling police.
It hasn't been determined yet, if either Wilson or Nolden ever called police before chasing after Lorenzo into the parking lot.
Both Wilson and Nolden pursued Lorenzo as he fled from the store into the parking lot. Wilson tackled Lorenzo to the ground after Nolden attempted to pepper spray Lorenzo as he fled. Lorenzo most likely felt that his life was threatened and took out a handgun from his backpack and fatally shot Nolden and then Wilson fatally shot Lorenzo.
A 41-year-old woman was grazed by gunfire in the parking lot, but it hasn't been determined, if Wilson or Lorenzo's gunfire striked her.
Wilson as Nolden and Lorenzo do have a right for self-defense. In this tragic case, Wilson was the sole survivor.
Now. Wilson and El Rey will most likely face a wrongful death lawsuit and possibly a federal case as well to determined, if both Wilson and Nolden violated Lorenzo's Civil Rights.
The Lorenzo family will now push for Wilson and El Rey to be criminally charged for the expired firearm license violation while working as private security. Now we do know, the only reason both Wilson and Nolden pursued Lorenzo was because he made a gesture to Nolden who reacted to it and they went after Lorenzo ending in the tragic death of both Nolden and Wilson including a 41-year-old unidentified woman being grazed by gunfire in the parking lot.
The 41-year-old woman can most likely filed a lawsuit against both El Rey and the Marshal Public Safety company because El Rey has a no weapons allowed sign on its entrance door. Under the Conceal Carry Weapon (CCW) Wisconsin law, El Rey is liable over a shooting that occurs in the property. If El Rey wouldn't have place a no weapons allowed at the store, El Rey would have been protected against any liability under the CCW law, if a shooting occurred in their property.
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