Ricky Chiles, suspect identified in double homicide, on probation for bank robbery



MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- FOX6 News is learning more about Ricky Chiles -- the man police are looking for in connection with the shooting of 40-year-old Archie Brown and 15-year-old Rasheed Chiles. They were shot after Brown struck and killed two-year-old Damani Terry with his van on Sunday evening, April 12th near 48th and Glendale. Brown died at the scene, and Rasheed Chiles died in surgery at the hospital.

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Ricky Chiles is the uncle of Terry and Rasheed Chiles. He is believed to have pulled the trigger in Sunday's incident. Family members tell FOX6 News it is believed Rasheed Chiles was struck by a stray bullet.

Ricky Chiles shouldn't have even had a firearm on Sunday, as he is a convicted felon.

27-year-old Ricky Chiles pleaded guilty to a felony charge of robbery with threat of force as party to a crime back in 2011. He was convicted, and sentenced to two years in prison and two years of extended supervision on January 30th, 2012.

Department of Corrections officials say Chiles was released from the Sturtevant Transitional Facility on July 30th, 2013.

Chiles remains bound by the terms of his extended supervision, and was bound by those terms at the time of Sunday's incident. His extended supervision expires on August 2nd, 2015. The terms of Chiles' extended supervision are as follows:

*obtain an alcohol and other drugs assessment & follow up treatment
*maintain absolute sobriety
*no contact with Tri City National Bank
*no contact with co-defendants in the case
*obtain/maintain suitable employment
*pay court costs & more than $3,800 in restitution
*provide a DNA sample
*no possession of firearms

Chiles pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge in April of 2011, and he was ordered to pay a fine.

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He pleaded guilty to resisting or obstructing an officer in January of 2011, and he was ordered to serve three days in the House of Correction with a time served disposition.

He was convicted of fourth-degree sexual assault in December of 2004 and sentenced to nine months in the House of Correction and two years probation.

A criminal complaint filed against Chiles in the 2011 bank robbery case says it was August 4th, 2011 when police were called out to the Tri City National Bank - North Teutonia branch near 72nd and Teutonia. A caller reported a black male wearing a gray Brewers hat, dark sunglasses, a black T-shirt and black jeans had entered the bank and presented a note to a bank teller reading: Empty your drawer. I got a bomb and a gun. No dye packs or tracers. Do not try to alert anyone."

The bank teller, whom police say feared for her safety, retrieved more than $3,800 and handed it over to the suspect, who then fled the bank.

Milwaukee police spoke with police in Brown Deer who reported they had spoken to a bank teller who worked at the Tri City Bank branch near Bradley Road and North Sherman Boulevard in Brown Deer observed an individual she suspected of attempting to rob her bank less than a half-hour prior to the robbery near 72nd and Teutonia. The bank teller reported the person was at a bus stop near Teutonia and West Mill Road in Milwaukee.

The bank teller told police the individual had come into her bank wearing a baseball hat, sunglasses and a dark T-shirt. When she confronted the individual, he fled the scene. When she left the bank for lunch, she spotted the man standing near Teutonia and Mill at a bus stop.

Police responded to Teutonia and Mill and arrested the man. Police say he admitted to robbing the bank at 72nd and Teutonia, saying he was armed with a semi-automatic pistol at the time. The man told police he was working with three other individuals in the robbery -- identifying Ricky Chiles as the driver of the vehicle that conveyed him to the bank.

The man told police he, Chiles and the other two individuals had "cased" at least five other banks in the Milwaukee area that day.

The man said in the case of the Tri City Bank in Brown Deer, he "would have robbed the bank," but he was challenged by the teller. So they instead drove to the 72nd and Teutonia bank branch, according to the complaint.

Police went to Chiles' home and observed evidence from the bank robbery, including a blue cinch backpack, a small amount of currency, a baseball cap belonging to the man police arrested near Teutonia and Mill, a pair of sunglasses, a spiral notebook used to write the demand note, and a demand note that was prepared but not used.

Police eventually got a telephone call from Chiles -- indicating that he was aware he was wanted in connection with the 72nd and Teutonia bank robbery.

Two days after the robbery, Milwaukee police learned Chiles was located in the Omaha, Nebraska area. He was arrested as he was exiting a bus there.

Ricky Chiles has not been arrested in connection with the 48th and Glendale shooting that killed Archie Brown and Rasheed Chiles.

Milwaukee Attorney Michael Hupy with the law firm Hupy & Abraham has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case.

Anyone who has information is asked to call Milwaukee police.