Man charged in 2 teens' deaths
23-year-old could face life in prison in West Allis shooting
Posted: Sept. 14, 2007
A 23-year-old Milwaukee man was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide while armed in the shooting deaths of two teenagers in a West Allis home.
According to a criminal complaint, Lee A. Parker shot Amber M. Lewis, 16, and Thedovonzail "Theo" Loyd, 19, Tuesday morning in an upstairs bedroom of Lewis' home in the 2400 block of S. 84th St.
According to the complaint:
Lewis, a sophomore at Nathan Hale High School, had started dating Loyd after breaking up with Parker several weeks before.
Monday night Parker confronted Lewis in her home, accused her of being involved with Loyd and struck her twice in the face.
He then left the residence but returned the next morning with a revolver and shot both victims in the head, the complaint says.
Loyd, of Milwaukee, was also shot in the left arm and neck, the complaint says.
Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene of the shootings and Loyd died the following day at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Parker fled the scene and was taken into custody Thursday by Milwaukee police on the city's northwest side.
If convicted, Parker faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
The complaint does identify the head of the household at the residence where the shootings took place, but West Allis police said earlier in the week that teenagers frequently congregated at the home.
Neighbors said Lewis lived in the house with her father. He couldn't be reached for comment.
Parker was under guard Friday night in a secure location at West Allis Memorial Hospital, where he was being treated for a medical condition that is not related to the shootings or his arrest, West Allis police said.
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