Riley Drive murder suspect arrested in Milwaukee

Posted on July 13, 2018
Sydney Mays Jr. was arrested by Milwaukee police during a drug investigation on Wednesday evening. (Bloomington Police Department)

By Greg Halbleib

MILWAUKEE – Bloomington police say the man wanted for the shooting deaths of three men on Riley Drive last month has been arrested in Milwaukee.

Police report Sydney Mays Jr., 25, of Bloomington was among several people arrested Wednesday evening during a drug investigation.

Mays is accused of the shooting deaths of Nate Pena, 22, Corey Jackson, 22, and Juan Carlos Perez, 33, on June 18. A four-year-old boy was shot and wounded in the same incident.

Police and prosecutors have traveled to Milwaukee to continue the investigation. Bloomington police continue to ask anyone with information to contact Detectives Tim Power at 309-434-2579 or Brad Melton.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected]. 

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