West Allis woman accused of killing boyfriend bound over for trial

MILWAUKEE -- A West Allis woman accused in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Terrance Tucker has been bound over for trial.

28-year-old Brittany Baier appeared in court on Thursday, January 5th for her preliminary hearing. After testimony by a West Allis police detective, the court found probable cause and bound Baier over for trial.

Baier faces one count of first degree intentional homicide and one count of possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.

Brittany Baier



According to the criminal complaint, on Friday, December 23rd, police were contacted by Tucker's family, who were wishing to report him missing. Shortly before police responded to Tucker's home near 88th and Arthur for a welfare check, Baier also contacted authorities to report Tucker missing.

According to the complaint, Baier, Tucker's live-in girlfriend, and the mother of his one-year-old child told police she had been in Oshkosh and was in the process of driving back home. She told police she would meet them at the residence.



When police arrived at the home, Baier was outside. She told investigators that Tucker was dead inside the home and that an intruder had killed him, and then assaulted her. She said that after that incident she did not call police but instead went to Oshkosh.

When police entered the home they found Tucker's body on the stairway that leads from the basement to the kitchen. The medical examiner determined the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

According to the criminal complaint, Baier initially denied being involved in Tucker's death. She later changed her story, and admitted to shooting Tucker. She said this occurred on December 21st around 5 a.m.

According to the complaint, "she said that in the hours preceding the shooting, the two had argued, and the decedent beat her. Later, when he was lying on the basement couch with his gun near his head, she picked up the gun and shot him in the back of the head two or three times."

Baier will enter a plea to the charges on January 20th.