Milwaukee shooting, man charged; shooting of a person with his ex-girlfriend

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man is accused of shooting and injuring another person because his ex-girlfriend didn’t want to reconcile their relationship and was with other people.

Antron Burdine III, 53, is charged with the following crimes:

• 1st degree, recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon
• 1st degree reckless injury, use of a dangerous weapon
• Possession of a firearm by a felon

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Initial scene investigation

According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 4, Milwaukee police officers responded to the area of ​​31st and Glendale following 911 calls about a shooting.

When officers arrived, they found a 53-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to the lower left side of his body. He was taken to hospital.

Several 9mm shell casings were recovered at the scene, along with a black LaserMax laser firearm accessory. A vehicle parked in the street was hit by several bullets.

Statement from the gunshot victim

The shooting victim, identified in the complaint as ITA, said he was at the home of a friend, identified as KDJ.

Around 8:30 p.m., the doorbell rings and KDJ walks to the back door. ITA did not see who was at the door but could hear KDJ talking to the person, a man. ITA became uncomfortable because he could hear KDJ telling the man that he was not welcome inside the house and that she had a friend at his house.

The complaint goes on to say they both wanted to leave because the man at the door was threatening her. They left and went to a bar. During the ride to the bar, KDJ read aloud several text messages to ITA from the same man who had come to her house. In these messages, the man threatened to kill KDJ and everyone who accompanied him.

After leaving the bar, they both returned to KDJ’s house and stood in front of his van. During this time, ITA heard several gunshots followed by pain and pressure on his left side. KDJ called 911.

Text messages from the accused, Antron Burdine

KDJ explained that the accused, Antron Burdine, was her ex-boyfriend.

The complaint states that on October 4, the accused showed up at her house to ask her to reconcile the relationship. KDJ wouldn’t let him in the house, which made him angry. The accused left her home, but then began sending her threatening text messages.

These text messages included:

“I’m shooting this (expletive) van…let me see it again, oml.”

“That (expletive) on your (expletive) porch…I’m about to shoot his (expletive).”

KDJ said that when she received the message about the porch, another friend of hers was standing on the porch.

A few minutes after this text, ITA and KDJ got out of the van and an unknown person fired a gun 10 times, hitting ITA in the back.

Later, KDJ said she received another text message from the defendant that read, “This is what you get, you rotten (expletive) you.”

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Antron Burdine arrested

On October 8, the defendant was arrested at his workplace in Waukesha. A cell phone was recovered.

The phone had a telephone number that was the same number provided to law enforcement and the same number from which the defendant called 911 as part of a separate investigation by the Milwaukee Police Department on June 10, 2024.

Previous felony conviction

The defendant, Antron Burdine, is prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a previous felony conviction in August 2012, according to the complaint.

Court

Cash bail was set at $40,000 for Burdine. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for October 22.