Milwaukee homicides, 3 killed; trial and key dates set

The woman charged with helping her cousin who's set to go to trial for killing three people will now have her case before the same judge. Bill Meston breaks down the moving parts in this case. Thomas Zolakoffer's charge was shooting and killing three people within 30 minutes of each other in two different parts of the city this past August. He's set to go to trial on Monday, the same day a co-defendant who's charged with helping Zolakoffer is set to enter a plea in the Three months ago, a days-long manhunt ended when Milwaukee police arrested Thomas Zolakoffer Zolakoffer following a standoff near 84th and Feebrance. Zolakoffer was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend, 26-year-old Vanessa De Herrera, and her friend, 29-year-old Scott Buchholz, at an apartment near 21st and Pierce on August 8th. Less than 30 minutes after that shooting, investigators say Zolakoffer shot and killed 39-year-old Shamarla Hare at home I'm starting to speak now. and Townsend. Essentially we keep short, the defendant executed three people in cold blood. In the days that followed, prosecutors charged Zolakoffer and two others with helping him. A friend. The state believes that this defendant directly aided his co-defendant in the killing of three people. This defendant drove him to... The place where two people were killed, and then from there to the place where another person was killed. and Zolakoffer's cousin. Here, this defendant is hiding a man in her home whom she admits she knows killed multiple people. On Tuesday, prosecutors moved Alana Cole's case to Judge David Borowski's court, where the alleged getaway driver is expected to plea out Monday morning. Both are potential witnesses in Zolakoffer's trial, which is set to begin the same day. Zolakoffer is asking the court to suppress some or all of his statements to law enforcement, alleging violations of his constitutional rights and interrogation pressure. In the days that followed his arrest, Borowski revoked nearly all of Zolakoffer's jail communication privileges after prosecutors said Zolakoffer tried to tamper with or intimidate witnesses in the case. In Milwaukee, Bill Meston, Fox 6 News.