milwaukee police say four homicides and 15 non-fatal shooting investigations are underway right now following a violent thanksgiving weekend fox 6's angelica sanchez tells us one of the murders was witnessed by children sitting with the victim in their car things can escalate quickly thanksgiving weekend launched four homicide investigations and 15 non-fatal shooting investigations in the city of milwaukee it's been a very difficult year for everybody sergeant efrain cornejo says some of the weekend shootings might follow a trend they've seen for the most part of 2020. a lot of them have been a result of arguments or a fight among the homicide victims was a 17 year old i've seen everything so you know to me it's just very traumatizing one of the four homicides unfolded near eighth and garfield two people were shot inside a car one of them lost their life police say the shooting was witnessed by children inside the vehicle they are asking for any information on a suspect we need our community to help us community activist tracy dent wrote a song about stopping the city's gun violence when your emotions take over you're not thinking dent believes the pandemic and lack of economic opportunities in certain neighborhoods are partially to blame for the uptick in violence but he says a lot of tragedy could be avoided if people took a moment to think before taking action we can control that i believe there will be a whole bunch of homicides that would not be taking place a thought echoed by mpd take a step back and just think of what's what is this worth worth risking you know losing a life milwaukee police are asking for any information on these homicides particularly the 8th and garfield homicide that was witnessed by children they say you can contact crime stoppers with any information and you can remain anonymous reporting outside milwaukee police headquarters angelica sanchez fox 6 news