Milwaukee man beating death; Millner pleads not guilty to charges

MILWAUKEE – Marvin Millner pleaded not responsible on Monday, Nov. 28 to fees in reference to the beating demise of a person on Milwaukee’s south aspect on Oct. 25. That sufferer additionally had his automotive stolen.

Millner, 57, is charged together with 47-year-old Terry Johnson on this case. They face the next legal 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)

On Monday, Milwaukee police detective testified in Millner’s preliminary listening to. Afterward, the protection argued a movement to dismiss the case – which was denied. The courtroom then certain Millner over for trial.

Case particulars

In line with the legal 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 reason for demise 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 reveals 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 reveals Shock arrive in a automotive and park outdoors the gasoline station. Millner and the third man confront Shock after he exits his automotive. “The sufferer is outdoors the shop for a number of minutes; at one level he tried to get again into his automotive, 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.

Rodney Shock (Picture supplied by household)

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 outdoors 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 digital camera view.”

In line with the criticism, whereas Shock is mendacity on the pavement, badly overwhelmed, Millner bought into Shock’s automotive. The sufferer “crawls and struggles to choose himself up and get to his automotive. He opens the automotive 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 automotive, the criticism says.

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

Police later interviewed Johnson and Millner. Johnson informed 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, and so they had helped the sufferer out of that scenario. He admitted dragging the sufferer out by the again of the hoodie,” the criticism says.

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Miller informed police “he knew the opposite two assailants by avenue names. He mentioned that whereas he was ready outdoors 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 automotive. He mentioned he was excessive on crack cocaine when all this occurred,” the criticism says.

Millner is due again in courtroom for a scheduling convention on Dec. 20.

Johnson is scheduled for a preliminary listening to on Dec. 7.