Shooting over stolen Xbox; Milwaukee man gets probation

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man was sentenced on Friday, Nov. 18, to a few years of probation for a capturing in a Walmart parking zone over a stolen Xbox that occurred in March.

Anthony Erby, 19, pleaded responsible in August to second-degree recklessly endangering security. One depend of second-degree reckless harm was dismissed as part of a plea deal.

In accordance with a legal grievance, police spoke with a capturing sufferer at Froedtert Hospital who suffered a single gunshot wound to the top. The sufferer mentioned he was a passenger in a automotive that had made a cease on the Walmart close to 63rd and Brown Deer for a Fb Market alternate. 

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In accordance with the sufferer, the motive force of the automotive was speaking to an “Anthony T. Erby” on Market about buying an Xbox from him.

When Erby and the 2 within the automotive met within the parking zone of Walmart, the motive force of the automotive took the Xbox with out paying Erby and drove off, the grievance mentioned. That is when prosecutors mentioned Erby fired the gun. The rear automotive window was shattered, and there was a bullet gap within the decrease tailgate.

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Walmart video surveillance the capturing, per the grievance. Prosecutors mentioned it additionally confirmed Erby get again into his automotive and drive off afterward.

Courtroom information point out Erby is to serve 4 months of his probation within the Milwaukee County Home of Correction. Initially, the choose had sentenced him to a few years in jail, however stayed that sentence in favor of probation.