MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee County judge has evicted a tenant who operated an unlicensed business and hosted illegal parties, with court documents connecting his most recent gathering to a deadly shooting that occurred just blocks away.

Jonathan Springfield-Burnett was evicted from his business at 46th and Fond du Lac after failing to pay $62,000 in back rent and operating without required permits and licenses for two years. The eviction came after Milwaukee police cited Springfield-Burnett three times for throwing illegal parties without a public entertainment license.

The case gained urgency when police connected one of Springfield-Burnett's parties to a triple shooting that killed 19-year-old Jarvis Phillips Willis on November 1.

According to a search warrant, one of the shooting victims

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