Officials: 3 killed at race track were known gang members

A lack of co-operation by the victims’ relatives has made his detectives’ work harder, the sheriff said.

“At least the family members that I’m aware of are not co-operating at all with the investigation. It has not helped us,” Beth said.

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office said Monday the victims of Sunday night’s shooting were 30-year-old David L. Watson of Oswego, 30-year-old Khalid R. Howard or Aurora, and 26-year-old Derek K. Edwards of North Aurora. Howard and Edwards died at the scene and Watson died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Malecki, who said the victims have been identified by investigators as gang members.

Malecki said deputies were investigating the possibility that the assailant was a rival gang member. Beth said no motive has yet been established.

“I don’t know if this is retaliation. I don’t know if this was family trouble. I don’t know,” the sheriff said.

Two of the men died at the scene and the third died in an ambulance on the way to a hospital.

Beth urged any witnesses to the shooting to contact his department.

“A lot of people may not have wanted to come up and talk to the sheriff’s department initially because maybe they were afraid someone was going to see them,” Beth said. “So what I’m hoping happens is someone who knows what’s going on or saw what happened will call us, give us more information and help us catch the individual who did this.”

Great Lakes Dragaway’s website said the event included drag racing, tailgating, live entertainment and a car show. The event is about 30 miles (48 kilometres) south of Milwaukee.

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Find Ivan Moreno on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ivanjourno . Gretchen Ehlke reported from Milwaukee. Find Ehlke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gehlke .

Ivan Moreno And Gretchen Ehlke, The Associated Press

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Officials: 3 killed at race track were known gang members

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