MILWAUKEE, Wis. — We're learning the driver, whom police said is responsible for killing one man last week near Marquette's campus, should've never been driving in the first place. 23-year-old Marco Gomez is charged with reckless homicide, homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, knowingly operating a vehicle without a valid license causing death, and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent.
"This is absolutely, positively the worst nightmare that we all have," Judge Barry Phillips said in court Sunday afternoon. Phillips said that after reading the alleged details that left 29-year-old Michael Starks dead. "We're driving the appropriate way that we're supposed to, and someone isn't driving the way they're supposed to, runs through a red light, runs through stop signs, hits us, and we die," Phillips continued.
That's what detectives said Gomez did. On July 3rd, police said Gomez ran a red light at the intersection of 11th Street and Wisconsin Avenue and hit Starks. The intersection is still littered with shards of glass and car parts.
Assistant District Attorney Sara Hill said in court the level of recklessness, in this case, is "stunning". "It starts with the fact he doesn't have a driver's license. Then, he is working as someone driving and parking vehicles, despite that fact, unlawfully takes someone's vehicle, and then drives it in the fashion I just characterized, which is outrageous," Hill said.
Hill said witnesses told police they believe Gomez was dri.