19-year-old kills cousin in fight over getting Taco Bell job back, WI cops say
A 19-year-old woman is accused of killing her cousin in a fight about helping her get a job at Taco Bell, Wisconsin police say.
Rae’Jianna D. Hall, 19, who is from Mississippi, recently moved into a Milwaukee duplex with her cousin and his girlfriend and got a job at Taco Bell thanks to her cousin’s mother, family told police, according to a criminal complaint filed Oct. 4.
No attorney information was available for Hall as of the afternoon of Oct. 7.
The cousin, identified as 18-year-old Jaquveon Wright, also worked at Taco Bell, WISN reported.
Although Wright’s mother set Hall up with a job, family say she was soon fired, the complaint read. On Sept. 29, she turned to Wright for help getting her job back, but the discussion grew argumentative, and then violent, according to police.
Hall told investigators she “was mad that (Wright) was not assisting her in obtaining employment at a Taco Bell.”
She said Wright “had ‘gotten up’ in her face,” so she pepper sprayed him in his room and armed herself with a knife, the complaint read.
At around 1 p.m., Wright called his mother for help, and she arrived at the duplex with her husband and witnessed an argument between Wright and Hall, police said.
The entire fight lasted about an hour and ended when Wright went into Hall’s bedroom, leading to another confrontation, according to police.
Hall shoved Wright, who pushed her back, Wright’s girlfriend told police. “Punches were being thrown,” and then the girlfriend “saw blood all over the walls” in Hall’s room, the complaint read.
Wright’s mother saw him run out of the duplex with “blood pouring” from his neck, investigators said, adding that video captured him collapsing onto the ground from blood loss.
Hall told police that she hadn’t intended to stab Wright, but that she was afraid and acted in self-defense, the complaint read.
Hall is charged with reckless homicide, with modifiers of domestic abuse and use of a dangerous weapon, records show.
This story was originally published October 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM with the headline "19-year-old kills cousin in fight over getting Taco Bell job back, WI cops say."