First witnesses called in trial of man accused of fatally shooting Milwaukee police officer
CBS 58 MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The trial for the man accused of shooting and killing Milwaukee Police Department Officer Kendall Corder, and injuring his partner, continued Tuesday, March 31.
Tremaine Jones, 23, faces four felony charges which means he faces life in prison.
Tremaine Jones trial
Tuesday morning, the 14-person jury was set; nine men and five women.
The first witness the state called was a ShotSpotter expert who discussed what was said to be the gunshots that killed Officer Corder.
One of Corder's family members sitting in the courtroom left as soon as she heard the sound of gunshots. She was seen grabbing a Milwaukee police officer on her way out, hugging her as she started crying
Those gunshots were reportedly logged by ShotSpotter in the area of 25th and Garfield in Milwaukee -- the location that Corder and his partner, Christopher McCray, responded to on June 26, 2025, for reports of a man firing a machine gun.
Milwaukee Police Department Officer Kendal Corder
In opening statements, we heard the state say there were 16 shots fired that night, three of them hit Corder, killing him. Another three hit McCray, who survived.
"The defendant fired his shots outside an apartment because he wanted to fight a guy who happened to be there for a girl fight. And he brings a rifle to where he’s sitting there in the bushes and shooting two officers," said Grant Huebner, prosecutor.
"We’re not going to be fighting about--well, a bullet is what killed him. It’s clear that’s what took his life. We’re not here to throw things at a wall and make you believe things that aren’t there. But we are asking you to look and see what is missing," said Abigail Ruckdashel, defense attorney.
The state's witnesses have included Milwaukee police officer and detectives, and we've heard 911 calls describing the shooter as a Black male with a long gun. The state has a list of over 170 witnesses they could call on.
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