Milwaukee police investigate shooting, homicide early Wednesday

Milwaukee police are investigating two shootings, one of them fatal, early Wednesday.

A man was found shot to death outside a residence in the 4200 block of N. 13th. St. about 6:30 a.m., police said.

The man has not been identified, and police are continuing to investigate what led to the shooting and search for suspects.

Earlier, a 25-year-old Milwaukee woman was shot during an argument in the 3300 block of W. Brown St., police said.

She was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. Detectives are seeking a known suspect in the case, police said.

Also Wednesday, Milwaukee police identified a man who died Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Jan. 20 shooting as Christopher O. Walton, 27.

Walton was shot at N. 21st and W. Hopkins streets, where a man in possession of a firearm was arrested, police said. 

It is the third homicide reported in the city since Monday.

Xavier S. Barfield, 20, was killed in a shooting about 11:40 a.m. Monday in the 2900 block of N. 51st St.

A second man, 23, was wounded in the shooting and taken to a hospital with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening, police said. No arrests have been reported in that homicide.