MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) — The three-year-old boy who was the subject of a statewide Amber Alert died of an apparent gunshot wound.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner says Major Harris was shot in the head and his death has been ruled a homicide:
MCMEO conducted an autopsy this morning on Major Harris. The cause of death is a gunshot wound to the head and the death has been ruled a homicide. No further information will be released at this time.
— Medical Examiner (@mkemedexamine) October 22, 2021
Harris was the subject of an Amber alert that was issued on Saturday and remained active until Thursday evening when police confirmed that they had found his body on Milwaukee’s northwest side.
Harris’ mother, 24-year-old Mallery Muenzenberger, was found dead in the backyard of a Milwaukee home on October 14th. Police had named a person of interest in her death, Jaheem Clark, who killed himself two days later as police were closing in on him.
Officers haven’t released any details on a potential motive behind the killings.