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Milwaukee man found guilty of killing dad
A 19-year-old Milwaukee man was found guilty at trial Wednesday of fatally shooting his own dad last October. He was convicted of intentional homicide.
MILWAUKEE - A 19-year-old Milwaukee man was found guilty at trial Wednesday of fatally shooting his own dad last October.
Djuan Eskridge was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide and is scheduled to be sentenced next month. Prosecutors had previously charged him with first-degree reckless homicide, and he went on the run for weeks after the shooting.
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Case details
According to a criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded to the shooting near 7th and Abert on Oct. 9, 2023. The first officer at the scene spotted the homicide victim and multiple spent bullet casings.
Djuan Eskridge
"It was a lot of gunfire. It was not a small amount," area resident Quinn Derive told FOX6 News at the time. "All we heard was rapid gunfire, and obviously, from there, the first thing I thought of was I need to get my kids in some place in our house that’s safe."
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A preliminary forensic review determined all 15 of the spent casings found near the victim had been fired from the same gun, the complaint states. Prosecutors said the victim had 31 gunshot wounds.
Fatal shooting near 7th and Abert, Milwaukee
A detective spoke with a person who said "the man who shot (the victim) was Djuan Eskridge," per the complaint. That person said, prior to the shooting, Eskridge arrived at the scene and there was a confrontation with the victim. The person said they saw Eskridge pull out a gun and shoot the victim multiple times; after the victim fell to the ground, the complaint said Eskridge "walked closer to (the victim) and shot additional rounds at (the victim)."
Investigators collected video surveillance footage which showed portions of the shooting. The complaint said the video showed Eskridge pull out a gun, fire toward the victim, "retreat briefly" and then move back toward the victim and fire more shots. He then fled the scene.