Milwaukee police chase, shots fired at officers; 21-year-old charged

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man is now charged with tried first-degree intentional murder, amongst different fees – accused of capturing at officers throughout a March 27 pursuit.

Prosecutors say 21-year-old Kentreal Evans admitted to capturing on the officers whereas fleeing in a stolen SUV. Police stated it’s not believed anybody was harm by the gunfire. 

On the afternoon of March 27, a person reported his SUV stolen from the realm of 117th and Bobolink along with his gun inside. He forwarded residence surveillance video to police, which confirmed somebody get out of a white Porsche, hop into the SUV and drive away.

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A legal criticism states officers noticed the stolen SUV later that day and tried to tug it over close to fiftieth and Clark – greater than six miles from the place it was stolen – however the driver, later recognized as Evans, took off.

Per the criticism, Evans fled officers at speeds reaching 100 mph and pointed a gun out the window towards officers. The chase slowed down on Lisbon Avenue, the place Evans aimed the gun once more and fired one shot at officers. The squad was not hit, and the chase continued – the stolen SUV weaving out and in of visitors, almost putting a number of autos.

Milwaukee cops fired upon close to seventy fifth and Congress

The SUV pulled into an alley close to seventy fifth and Congress – almost three miles from the place the chase started. There, the criticism states Evans once more pointed the gun and fired one shot at officers. Officers returned fireplace, a complete of 10 photographs, and the SUV continued to flee. These officers then broke off the chase to see if anybody within the space had been injured and have been positioned on administrative responsibility. 

Different officers resumed the chase close to 81st and Hampton, and it will definitely ended close to thirty fourth and Capitol when the SUV hit a snowbank. Evans then received out and surrendered. The entire pursuit stretched greater than 5 miles, police stated.

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Police recovered two bullet casings from the scenes had been Evans allegedly fired the 2 photographs at officers. These casings, the criticism states, had been probably from the stolen SUV proprietor’s gun that had been left inside.

Later, in a Mirandized interview, the criticism states Evans admitted he was the motive force, that he knew it was stolen, and that he fired twice at officers.

SUV crashes after police chase close to thirty fifth and Capitol

In all, Evans is charged with:

• Tried first-degree intentional murder (2 counts)
• Fleeing/eluding an officer
• Drive/function a car with out the proprietor’s consent
• Discharging a firearm from a car
• Possession of a firearm by a felon

Evans made his preliminary courtroom look on April 1, and his money bond was set at $500,000.

Court docket information point out Evans was convicted in 2018 of fleeing/eluding police and driving/working a car with out the proprietor’s consent.