MILWAUKEE — Officials said the shooting happened shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday morning near 34th and Meinecke Ave.
MPD said the victims are a 16-year-old girl, two 19-year-old men, and a 20-year-old man. They all were taken to a local hospital and are expected to survive.
Shani Robinson has lived in the area for eight years. She said things have been fairly quiet in the neighborhood until last night.
"It's a lot of violence over here with the teenagers," Robinson said.
Robinson said more needs to be done to stop the gun violence in Milwaukee and to save young lives.
"We need to teach our kids differently," Robinson said.
Just two miles away near 13th and Reservoir, community organizations came together to build a little free library to provide resources to engage youth in positivity instead of negativity.
"Reading is a great part of succeeding," said Andre Lee Ellis, Founder and Executive Director of the community garden and of the "CAGE" program.
Ellis is the creator of the community garden and of the community agricultural growing experiences, better known as the CAGE program.
He said he hopes this space will feed the community with solutions amid the city's ongoing violence.
"As long as children, young people or community adults have a book in their hand, then they are not having their hands on the trigger of a gun," Ellis said.
Shalina Ali with True Skool works with youth in Milwaukee and was working with Ellis to build this little free library for the community.
"This is not just a solution for right now, but it's also part of creating that pipeline for developing leadership that is going to change the narrative for the entire city," Ali said.
Both Ellis and Ali say it starts with one book or positive reinforcement to change the narrative.
According to Children's Wisconsin, as of Monday, more than 100 people under the age of 18 have been shot and injured this year. Eleven have lost their lives to gun violence.
This weekend's shootings add to those already high numbers.
If you have any information regarding the 34th and Meinecke shooting, contact Milwaukee Police at 414-935-7360 or Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS.
