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On June 3, 2022, Roemer was shot and killed in his home by
Douglas K. Uhde. Uhde had appeared in Roemer's court in 2005 and was convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for armed burglary with a dangerous weapon. After killing Roemer, Uhde shot himself, but was still alive when discovered by
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Roemer prevailed in the election, receiving 62% of the vote. He took office in August 2004 and was re-elected without opposition in 2010 and 2016. He retired shortly after the start of his third term, in August 2017, to spend more time with his ailing wife.
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appointed Schuh to the vacant judgeship. With Schuh's elevation, Roemer became acting district attorney, but soon announced his own candidacy for the judgeship, challenging Schuh in the Spring 2004 election.
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John Roemer married Vivian Mae
Schroeder on November 20, 1980. They had three sons. His wife died in 2018. Roemer was active in the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in
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Uhde was described by police as a likely "grievance collector" and had a list of other targets which included
Democratic Wisconsin governor
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John Pier Roemer, Jr., was born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in August 1953. He attended
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Arseneau, Kelli; Mueller, Chris; Volpenhein, Sarah (June 4, 2022).
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around this time and served in the
Reserves until retiring as a
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Planas, Antonio; Winter, Tom; Kosnar, Michael (June 5, 2022).
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judge John W. Brady in 2003. After Brady's death, Governor
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506:List of homicides in Wisconsin
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533:Channel3000
430:Nonpartisan
401:Nonpartisan
233:Lt. Colonel
63:Preceded by
754:Categories
512:References
452:Scattering
374:Candidate
330:Tony Evers
260:judge for
250:U.S. state
201:Allegiance
188:Profession
177:Alma mater
171:three sons
125:New Lisbon
97:1953-08-09
467:Plurality
309:Jim Doyle
292:in 2002.
268:Biography
254:Wisconsin
108:Wisconsin
104:Milwaukee
53:In office
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731:circuit,
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500:See also
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136:Homicide
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42:circuit,
38:for the
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485:5,371
471:1,286
459:0.09%
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