Milwaukee, WI
Burger King shooting: Milwaukee man pleads guilty to murder
Burger King taking pictures, Milwaukee man pleads responsible to homicide
A Milwaukee man accused of taking part in a component in a staged Burger King theft that led to the demise of a 16-year-old woman pleaded responsible to homicide.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man accused of taking part in a component in a staged theft that led to the demise of a 16-year-old woman pleaded responsible to homicide Friday, Feb. 17.
Antoine Edwards, 42, was charged in connection to the January 2022 demise of Niesha Harris-Brazell. Two different expenses had been dismissed as a part of a plea deal.
Courtroom filings say Edwards, his daughter and Harris-Brazell deliberate to rob a Burger King close to 51st and Capitol. Harris-Brazell’s household has denied she was in on the plot.
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Police mentioned Edwards tried to climb by way of the drive-thru window with a handgun.
“As he sticks his physique by way of, he’s armed with a dark-colored handgun, which he has in his proper hand,” mentioned MPD Det. Brian Maciejewski.
Surveillance picture from Burger King taking pictures
At one level, a co-worker, Derrick Ellis, who was not in on the heist, allegedly pulled out a gun and fired pictures – which finally led to Harris-Brazell’s demise.
“You see a muzzle flash and also you see what are believed to be spent casings fall to the bottom,” mentioned Maciejewski. “He’s distraught about it. He walks over to our sufferer, and he notices she is shot.”
Antoine Edwards; Niesha Harris-Brazell
Whereas Edwards advised police that Harris-Brazell on the deliberate theft, in response to prosecutors, the detective mentioned surveillance reveals her refusing to surrender cash from the register and showing to scream for assist.
Walker is due again in court docket for sentencing on April 14.
Ellis was sentenced in July 2022 to at least one yr within the Milwaukee County Home of Correction, now the Group Reintegration Middle, and 4 years probation.