2022 Milwaukee fatal shooting; Lenzie Jaster sentenced, life in prison

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Lenzie Jaster on Monday, April 29 to life in prison in the 2022 fatal shooting of Mary Beamon on the city's north side. Jaster will not be eligible for release until December 2067.

Jaster was found guilty at trial in March of first-degree intentional homicide.

According to a criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were called to a home near 19th and Wright after a man called 911 and said he "just shot a lady and she is dead."

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When officers arrived, the complaint states Jaster answered the door with his hands up. He said he asked the woman to leave and that he "messed up." Police found the victim dead in the kitchen, a gun inside a holster on the table and three spent bullet casings on the floor.

Jaster later admitted to detectives that he shot Beamon, per the complaint. He said they were friends and were "joking back and forth" that night before he became upset and told her to leave. When she refused, he said he shot her three times.