I-43 Milwaukee police chase, shooting; 1st of 4 teens sentenced
Police shooting on I-43 on June 20, 2024
MILWAUKEE - The first of four Milwaukee teens charged in a June police chase and shooting on I-43 was sentenced to six years in prison on Thursday.
Court records show 17-year-old Tyrone Rogers pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery in November, and two other charges were dropped in a deal with prosecutors.
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The Backstory
Police were on patrol near 17th and Vliet on June 20 when an officer spotted a white Chevrolet SUV that was stolen in an armed carjacking. When the officer tried to pull over the SUV, a criminal complaint states it briefly stopped – but then the driver made a U-turn and sped away.
It sparked a high-speed chase that stretched for several miles. The complaint states the SUV drove the wrong way down divided streets, almost hit a pedestrian and forced another vehicle to drive onto a curb. The pursuit then made its way onto I-43 northbound at Highland Boulevard.
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Prosecutors said the fleeing SUV sideswiped at least one vehicle as it wove in and out of traffic and into a construction zone. It crashed into a cement truck that was actively laying down cement near Burleigh Street, and officers pulled up behind the SUV with guns drawn.
Officers ordered the people inside to get out of the SUV, but the complaint states the driver instead put the SUV into reverse toward police. An officer then fired shots at the SUV, and the occupants were removed. Two of the six people inside – including a pregnant 18-year-old, who is charged in the case – were shot.
A gun stolen from the personal car of a Waukesha County sheriff's deputy was found in the SUV, per the complaint. Police said the four teens who have been charged were also involved in an attempted armed robbery before the pursuit.
Court Cases
Rogers was charged along with 18-year-old Calveyon Jeans (17 at the time), 19-year-old Ashley Patterson (18 at the time) and 18-year-old Semira Dean with a combined 20 crimes.
Prosecutors said Jeans was the driver and was shot in the arm and jaw. Court records show he pleaded not guilty to nine felonies and was bound over for trial in September.
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Patterson, who was "visibly pregnant," had gunshot wounds to her head and back – and her unborn baby did not survive. She pleaded not guilty to two felonies and a misdemeanor and was bound over for trial on Dec. 4.
Court records show Dean pleaded not guilty to five charges in July and was bound over for trial.