On the night of February 15 into the early hours of February 16, 2010, 28-year-old Sherry Ann Jackson was shot to death inside her Milwaukee home in the 6100 block of N. 35th St. Police found Jackson and 25-year-old Mario M. Brown dead from gunshot wounds; investigators treated the incident as a domestic-related killing.

Reports state Jackson’s former boyfriend, 28-year-old Jonah A. Agnew of Brookfield, had let himself into her home with a key and encountered Jackson in her bedroom with Brown. Agnew allegedly returned armed with two guns and fired more than thirty rounds, then went outside and told a passerby to call 911 and admitted what he had done. He was arrested soon after and a weapon was recovered.

At trial the central question was Agnew’s state of mind; his defense claimed adequate provocation that could have reduced the charge. A bench trial found him guilty of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Jackson was survived by two children, her parents, and two brothers. Does anyone have information about Sherry’s life in Milwaukee or knew her family?