Milwaukee man accused of killing 'drug dealer' on city's south side
Areon Davis
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man is accused of first-degree intentional homicide for a November shooting on the city's south side.
Prosecutors charged 21-year-old Areon Davis in the case. Court filings indicate he killed a known "drug dealer" who was also "a close family friend."
The Backstory
The shooting happened near 26th and Becher the night of Thursday, Nov. 7. The 33-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and the medical examiner's office determined he suffered gunshot wounds to the face, neck, chest and arm.
Prosecutors said, while surveillance video in the area did not capture the shooting, it showed an Infiniti follow the victim's Hyundai into a t-shaped alley. At around the time of the shooting, a person in dark clothes was then seen running from the end of the block where the victim was later found. That person then got into the same Infiniti that had followed the victim's Hyundai.
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The Infiniti fled the scene, but a criminal complaint states investigators were able to get its license plate. It was found abandoned blocking an alley near 33rd and Kilbourn – roughly three miles from the homicide scene – the following morning.
Court filings state investigators later learned the victim was "a close family friend" to Davis and a known "drug dealer" who was "normally carrying a lot of money." Days after the homicide, Davis posted photos of himself "with a large stack of cash" that a person who knows Davis told investigators he "would not otherwise have access to."
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Investigators learned Davis used multiple cellphones. Prosecutors said a review of phone records and data for a number associated with one of those phones placed the phone less than a mile from the homicide scene minutes before it happened. After the homicide, it placed the phone about a half-mile from where the Infiniti was found. Further, Davis had the Life360 app on one of his cellphones – which shares location data. Data from the app placed Davis near 26th and Becher at around the time of the homicide. After the homicide, it showed him traveling to the city's north side.
Davis was arrested in West Allis on Dec. 8, at which time court filings state the cellphone in question was found.
What's Next
Court records show Davis is being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on $750,000 bond. He is due in court for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 19.