Man charged with reckless homicide in alleged accidental double shooting near Ruby and Appleton
MPD MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee police charged 35-year-old Donovan Jones with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide after a fatal double shooting Saturday, Oct. 18 near Ruby and Appleton.
In the complaint, Milwaukee police reported to the residence after Jones called 911 stating he thought he killed his friend.
Upon arrival they located two men who have been shot, Dwayne Carter, 33, and Shaquill Madison, 43. Madison was transferred to a local hospital for treatment but died from his injuries.
Carter was found in the basement and Madison was located outside the front door of the house by law enforcement.
Jones spoke to police on scene and explained that he arrived at a residence near Ruby and Appleton with Madison where they went to "eat food and have fun." In the morning, Madison and Carter told Jones that someone was coming into the residence wearing a black ski mask and the three of them pulled out their guns and retreated into the basement.
Jones stated in the complaint that he hid underneath the stairs while Madison and Carter hid in another part. He believed he heard someone running around the house towards the stairs and coming down them. He then fired off eight shots by the doorway under the stairs but "couldn't see what or who he was shooting at."
Milwaukee police spoke to two witnesses at the scene. One explained that she arrived at the house around 3 a.m. where about 10 people were playing poker. After the game, people left apart from Jones, Carter, Madison, the other witness and herself. She stayed and helped clean with them. While cleaning a masked man walked in the front door with "an AK-47." He pointed it into the room, made shooting sounds, then left. She ran into the basement where Jones was and heard a gunshot and glass breaking but didn't know who was shot. She then ran out of the basement, saw Carter on the basement floor and heard Jones calling 911 saying he shot his friend.
The other witness told police he was working as a card dealer that night and after the game he helped clean. While taking food pans out to a truck and returning, he saw Madison stumble to the ground outside the front door.
Footage recovered from the scene shows the outside of the home. It captured a heavy-set man, wearing a black ski mask and dark clothing, carrying a rifle run towards the front door and go inside. After three seconds he is seen running out. Madison is than seen stumbling out the front door and falling to the ground.
In the mirandized statement from Jones, he arrived at the house around 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17 for the poker game. The game ended around 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 and everyone began cleaning and preparing to leave. According to Jones, Carter went outside to take out the trash, ran back inside and said that someone outside wearing a mask was attempting to rob them. Jones then ran into the basement, under the stairs, while Madison and Carter ran into a different area in the basement. He stated he was afraid and heard people walking around. Then, he saw a silhouette of an arm and firearm walking near him and began shooting.
He told police he didn't see who it was, and that he heard a body fall to the ground. In the complaint, he stated "he never saw anyone point a firearm at him, could not see what he was shooting and was not aware of anyone returning fire."
Bullet casings recovered from the scene match Jones's gun; preliminary findings shows that all casing recovered came from his firearm. The evidence will be conveyed to the Wisconsin State Crime Lab and tested at a later date.
He is being held on a $35,000 cash bond with a hearing next Friday.