13-year-old allegedly killed by neighbor

MILWAUKEE — Neighbors say an elderly Milwaukee man arrested for fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy who lived next door had been a repeated target of break-ins.

The 75-year-old man was arrested Thursday after waiting for police at the crime scene on Milwaukee’s south side. Police say they’re investigating whether there was a history of disagreements between the man and boy. Authorities say the boy was unarmed when he was shot in the street outside their homes.

Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/NkwwFD ) he met with the man earlier in the day over breakfast. Donovan says the man told him he had lost $3,000 worth of shotguns in a burglary this week, was frustrated with police and was dying of lung cancer.