Milwaukee pastor killed, reckless homicide charge for driver

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man has been charged with second-degree reckless murder after a pastor was killed in a reckless driving crash on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Prosecutors say Jose Silva, 22, was behind the wheel of a automotive that ran a purple gentle at tenth and Wells – crashing into the pastor’s automotive.

Police responded to the crash scene round 9:15 a.m. Six complete automobiles have been concerned – one pushed by Silva, one pushed by the pastor and 4 that have been parked.

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On the scene, a prison grievance states, Silva instructed police that he had jury obligation on the Milwaukee County Courthouse and was hurrying to get there. He claimed he thought he entered the intersection with a yellow visitors sign and was going near the pace restrict.

Silva’s automotive hit the pastor’s within the intersection, prosecutors say. The pastor, recognized as 40-year-old Aaron Sturdy, was taken to the hospital with extreme accidents. He died shortly after getting there. An post-mortem discovered robust died of a number of blunt power accidents sustained as the driving force of the automotive that was hit.

Per the grievance, surveillance from Marquette College confirmed Silva’s automotive dashing east on Wells Road at twenty first Road previous to the crash. The automotive was seen driving eastbound within the westbound lanes, passing one other automotive. The video additionally allegedly confirmed the automotive operating a purple gentle at twelfth and Wells, additionally whereas driving the improper means. The automotive ran the purple gentle at eleventh as properly, prosecutors say.

Lastly, the grievance states, the surveillance confirmed the automotive dashing because it crossed over I-43 earlier than getting into the intersection at tenth and Wells, colliding with Sturdy’s automotive. The grievance states visitors on tenth Road was  shifting “according to the defendant having a purple gentle.”

tenth and Wells deadly crash scene

Knowledge from the airbag management module in Silva’s automotive confirmed he was driving roughly 70 mph seconds earlier than influence. The brakes weren’t utilized till two seconds earlier than influence and the automotive did not sluggish till a half-second earlier than influence, per the grievance. When the airbags deployed, the automotive was going 56 mph.

The pace restrict on Wells is 30 mph; the grievance states indicators have been “clearly posted” between sixteenth and 10 streets, the place Silva’s automotive was seen touring.

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Sturdy was the lead pastor at Milwaukee’s Grace Lutheran Church.