A fugitive who prosecutors accused of fatally shooting another man outside a Milwaukee bar in December has been captured in Oshkosh.
The Oshkosh Police Department reported on social media on April 15 that Antonio Brown was arrested around 2 p.m. that afternoon by members of the U.S. Marshals Service-Eastern Wisconsin violent offender task force in partnership with Oshkosh police.
Charges against Brown stem from the Dec. 15 shooting death in Milwaukee of LaTroy Harris. His body was found in the parking lot at the front entrance of Dee’s Elegance Bar, 7420 W. Villard Ave.
The Oshkosh Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division used investigative technology, including Flock Safety cameras, during the investigation, the department said in a statement.
Oshkosh detectives and Marshals Service deputies spotted Brown near a business on the north side of Oshkosh, the statement said. He was taken into custody without any issues.
Court records show Brown, 39, faces charges of first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, both with modifiers for having been committed with the use of a dangerous weapon. Brown also is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Here’s what prosecutors say happened to LaTroy Harris
According to a criminal complaint, police were called to bar at 12:19 a.m. on Dec. 15 on a report of a shooting.
Officers arrived and found two shooting victims — Harris and his nephew, who had been shot in the shin.
Harris had been shot multiple times and was unconscious and not breathing when officers made it to the scene. He was taken to a hospital, but was later pronounced dead.
The nephew told police he and Harris went to the bar around 11 p.m. The nephew went outside at about 12:05 a.m., then tried to go back into the bar, but the door was locked.
He called Harris and asked Harris to come outside.
Harris did so, and was followed by a man who pulled out a gun and fired it nine to 10 times, striking Harris at close range, the complaint said.
Harris’ nephew told investigators one of the rounds missed Harris and struck him. The nephew, who was standing roughly 2 feet from Harris when the shots rang out, hid between vehicles, and didn’t see where the shooter went.
Fourteen spent .40-caliber casings and numerous bullet fragments were recovered at the scene.
Surveillance cameras at the bar captured footage of the shooting. The complaint said it depicts the suspect entering the bar around 12:05 a.m.
Harris is seen in the video standing in the bar, near the suspect.
According to the complaint, several minutes after the suspect arrived, Harris is seen using his phone then walking toward the door.
What led authorities to Antonio D. Brown?
The suspect followed Harris to the door and is seen pulling out a gun. The gunman fires multiple shots at Harris as Harris exits the bar.
The complaint says the suspect then jumped into a black Infiniti SUV and drove away.
Investigators later learned Harris was involved in a previous shooting, and that Brown was arrested in that matter.
Interior footage from the bar showed Brown’s face; the images matched that of a booking photo of Brown, according to the complaint.
A witness who was in the bar at the time told police he didn’t see the see the shooting, but knew the shooter went by the nicknames “Murder” and “Drama.”
Police located the getaway vehicle
Two days after the shooting, police pulled over the Infiniti and arrested the driver.
The driver, identified in court papers as ML, told detectives he was at Dee’s Elegance Bar the night of the shooting and he was going to buy some pills in the parking lot after getting food. ML stated that as he was backing out of the lot, he heard gunfire and looked up and saw the person shooting, according to the complaint.
The driver dropped his pills, bent over to pick them up, and then the shooter jumped into his vehicle with the gun, he said in the complaint.
According to the document, the shooter told him to drive. The shooter directed him to 11th and Hadley streets, then got out of the vehicle.
The man identified Brown as the shooter, the complaint says.
Chris Ramirez covers courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at caramirez@usatodayco.com.
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Reporting by Chris Ramirez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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