Milwaukee man beating death, accused killers now charged

MILWAUKEE – Two Milwaukee males at the moment are charged in reference to the beating loss of life of a person on the town’s south aspect on Oct. 25. That sufferer additionally had his automobile stolen. The accused are Terry Johnson, 47, and Marvin Millner, 57 – they usually face the next felony counts: 

• Felony homicide (Johnson and Millner)
• Theft-use of drive (Johnson and Millner)
• Take automobile with out proprietor’s consent by use or risk of drive (Millner)

In accordance with the felony criticism, police responded to a battery criticism close to S. fifth Place and Chase Avenue round 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25. When officers arrived they discovered a person, later recognized as Rodney Shock, mendacity on the pavement unconscious. He was taken to the hospital the place he died from accidents.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Workplace carried out an post-mortem — and located Shock’s explanation for loss of life was a number of blunt drive accidents.

Police recovered a video from the gasoline station. The criticism says the video was of “good readability” and exhibits three males assaulting the sufferer. Johnson and Millner have been recognized within the video. The third man stays unidentified.

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The criticism says the video exhibits Shock arrive in a automobile and park exterior the gasoline station. Millner and the third man confront Shock after he exits his automobile. “The sufferer is exterior the shop for a number of minutes; at one level he tried to get again into his automobile, however Millner and assailant 3 lean in opposition to the door, stopping him from doing so. Johnson, who had entered the shop minutes earlier, exits the shop. The sufferer enters the shop shortly after Johnson exits it,” the criticism says.

Shock was within the retailer for about 20 minutes. The criticism says “Johnson and assailant 3 go inside the shop. Johnson grabs the sufferer by the again of the sweatshirt collar whereas assailant 3 punches the sufferer, who falls down.” Shock was finally dragged exterior the place “Millner and assailant 3 undergo the sufferer’s pockets. Assailant 3 throws just a few extra punches on the sufferer, then disengages and joins Johnson — and Johnson and assailant 3 walked off collectively, leaving the digicam view.”

In accordance with the criticism, whereas Shock is mendacity on the pavement, badly crushed, Millner acquired into Shock’s automobile. The sufferer “crawls and struggles to select himself up and get to his automobile. He opens the automobile door and grabs Millner. Millner partially rises out of the seat and hurls the sufferer to the pavement.” Shock fell backward and went limp — and Millner then drove away within the sufferer’s automobile, the criticism says.

A retailer clerk instructed police “he heard one of many three assailants yelling on the sufferer, ordering the sufferer to pay for $40 value of things that the assailants wished the sufferer to purchase for them.”

Police later interviewed Johnson and Millner. Johnson instructed police he knew the opposite two assailants by avenue names. “He mentioned these two thought the sufferer owed them cash as a result of earlier one other particular person had tried to take issues from the sufferer, they usually had helped the sufferer out of that state of affairs. He admitted dragging the sufferer out by the again of the hoodie,” the criticism says.

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Miller instructed police “he knew the opposite two assailants by avenue names. He mentioned that whereas he was ready exterior the shop, he knew the opposite two have been going to go inside to drag out the sufferer. He admitted grabbing the sufferer’s keys out of the sufferer’s hand and driving off in his automobile. He mentioned he was excessive on crack cocaine when all this occurred,” the criticism says.

Johnson and Millner made their preliminary appearances in Milwaukee County court docket on Saturday, Oct. 29. Money bond for every was set at $75,000. Each Johnson and Millner are due again in court docket for a preliminary listening to on Nov. 8.