Man gets life and then some for ambushing cop with 16 shots from rifle

A Wisconsin antheral volition ne'er spot the extracurricular of situation walls aft a justice sentenced him for killing a constabulary officer and wounding different — a transgression triggered erstwhile a combat broke retired betwixt 2 women.

Tremaine Jones, 23, was sentenced to life successful prison without the anticipation of extended supervision for first-degree intentional homicide with the usage of a unsafe limb successful the decease of 32-year-old Milwaukee Police Officer Kendall Corder.

The suspect was sentenced to an further 83 years aft besides being recovered blameworthy successful April of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and possessing a short-barreled rifle, tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

On the nighttime of June 26, 2025, a combat broke retired betwixt 2 women successful the country of North 25th Street and West Garfield Avenue successful Milwaukee. They were said to person been feuding implicit a cheating boyfriend, and a antheral with a weapon broke up a fight.

"That's what sets everything off," Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Grant Huebner said astatine the defendant's trial, according to section Fox affiliate WITI. "Everything happens due to the fact that of that."

As Law&Crime previously reported, 1 of the women seemingly did not similar the antheral with the weapon breaking up the fight. She called Jones, and helium showed up with his ain weapon — a short-barreled rifle.

According to the ADA, helium "decides to marque 25th and Garfield his small punching bag." Huebner added: "He's conscionable firing disconnected a round, p—d due to the fact that there's a feline successful the apartment?"

Jones was walking connected a thoroughfare successful the area, waving a firearm and reportedly yelling, "What you want? Let's bash it!" Multiple 911 calls were made, and the radical who were astatine the flat for the combat left, authorities said.

Still, Jones kept his weapon with him arsenic officers approached the area.

The suspect fired 16 shots, "13 of 'em astatine a feline who's moving away," Huebner said. "He takes a pause, and helium fires more."

"The officers were some struck and not capable to instrumentality fire," the Milwaukee Police Department said 3 days aft the shooting. "Officer Corder was transported to Froedtert Hospital for attraction and aboriginal succumbed to his injuries."

Corder's 29-year-old spouse was brought to a hospital, treated, and released. Jones was arrested.

Jones' defence lawyer work a connection written by his lawsuit expressing the man's remorse for his actions.

"There is not a time that goes by without maine reasoning … I conscionable privation I could spell backmost successful clip and alteration what happened. Although that is not possible," the missive stated, per the section outlet. "The world of it is that I commune each and each time that you, the families and God could someday forgive maine for my selfish actions that day. I americium not a monster oregon a convulsive person."

"I was highly intoxicated this time and unfortunately, I fto fearfulness and choler unreality my judgment," the missive added. "I volition not usage my cause maltreatment arsenic an excuse for my mediocre behaviour and decisions. I americium present contiguous to instrumentality accountability, apologize and commune for forgiveness someday for the grief and suffering that my actions person caused."

Court records authorities that Jones intends to "pursue post-conviction relief."