Man charged in funeral procession homicide

A 24-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged in a fatal drive-by shooting during a funeral procession on W. Keefe Ave.

Dennis Brookshire faces counts of first-degree reckless homicide and bail jumping. He was free on $3,000 bail in a drug case at the time of the shooting, which killed one man and injured two others in the same car.

According to the criminal complaint:

At about 12:30 p.m., Aug. 29 Lamar Ragland, 23, was driving in a funeral procession in the 2200 block of W. Keefe Ave. His bright gold, customized Chevy was the first car behind the hearse, as the procession for George Ragland, 85, moved to the cemetery.

One of two passengers in his car told police that a white SUV pulled up alongside them and a passenger started saying something to those in Ragland's car that no one could hear because the radio was playing.

Suddenly the man in the white SUV began firing at Ragland's car. Police say some of the dozen or so shots struck Ragland in the head and arm, killing him. Other shots struck Ragland's two passengers, his cousins Joseph and Justin Landrum.

Justin Landrum told police that Ragland has a permit to carry a handgun, and had it with him, but never got a chance to defend himself.

The white SUV was discovered shortly after the shooting, burned and abandoned near 6th and Maple streets.