Stepdad accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Brookfield boy in southern Wisconsin home
Steven Merkel, 52, is charged with reckless homicide and unlawful use of a dangerous weapon. Michael Meagher was fatally shot ...
Man accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old boy at Geneva, Wisconsin home: officials
GENEVA, Wis. -- The man accused of shooting and killing an 8-year-old boy in Wisconsin was in court Tuesday, WTMJ reported. Showing up over Zoom in jail-issued clothes, 52-year-old Steven Merkel ...
Stepdad charged with shooting, killing Wisconsin 9-year-old says he was showing off the gun to appear ‘cool’
The 52-year-old faces up to 60 years in prison after what he claimed was an attempt to appear "cool" turned deadly ...
Lake Geneva man accused in fatal shooting of 8-year-old said he ‘did something stupid:' Court docs
The Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, man accused in the death of an 8-year-old boy revealed he was handling a gun at the time of the ...
Man Accused of Killing Stepson Allegedly Showed Him Guns Because He Wanted to 'Look Cool': Complaint
Steven D. Merkel Jr., 52, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in connection with the death of 8-year-old Michael ...
Man accused of killing Brookfield boy was playing with gun to ‘look cool,’ docs allege
The man charged in the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old Brookfield boy was playing with a handgun at the time to “look cool,” ...
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Wisconsin boy, 9, shot dead by stepdad in what cop describes as a scene he 'never wanted to see'
A Wisconsin boy was reportedly killed by his own stepfather in a shocking shooting that left police officers shaken. During ...
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Stepfather Allegedly Shot and Killed 8-Year-Old While Showing Him His Guns in Attempt to 'Look Cool': Police
A Wisconsin man has been arrested and charged after an 8-year-old boy died of a gunshot wound earlier this week, officials ...
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9-year-old boy fatally shot by his stepdad, Wisconsin cops say. ‘A bright funny boy’
Police did not provide additional information about the shooting but said 52-year-old Steven Merkel ... WITI the boy was in Wisconsin for the weekend. WDJT reported Merkel was jailed in Walworth ...
8-Year-Old Who Was 'Beloved by All' Is Fatally Shot, and Stepfather Is Suspect
Loved ones remembered Michael as a “bright” and “funny” 9-year-old boy on a GoFundMe campaign created to help his family ...
Boy, 9, shot dead by stepdad in horror scene cop says he 'never wanted to see'
Steven Merkel Jr., 52, was arrested at the scene and charged with first-degree reckless homicide after the nine-year-old boy ...