Boy who died in Milwaukee house fire could not escape due to locked door

  • Source: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee
  • Published: 04/27/2021 12:00 AM

A community is grieving the loss of a 10-year-old Milwaukee boy who died in a Friday night house fire. Loved ones say he died trying to save his dog. FOX6 is learning more on the cause of Friday night’s fire, but more on how the neighborhood is helping out this family in their time of need. "It’s like losing my own son," Kelly Shaver said. Kelly Shaver feels greatly for her best friend who just lost her son, identified as 10-year-old Justin Williams. He passed away in a Friday night house fire. Shaver is speaking out on the pain her friend and her family are enduring. "Turn to your kids and hug ‘em. You never know," she said. She tells us she rushed over to the home near 118th and Florist the night of the blaze and has been by her best friend’s side since. "A couple minutes later when I was trying to comfort her daughter they came and let her know he had passed. It was very hard," Shaver said.



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