Background: Video showing Tremaine Jones waving a gun before shooting two Milwaukee police officers (WITI/YouTube). Inset left: Milwaukee Police Officer Kendall Corder (Milwaukee Police Department). Inset right: Tremaine Jones (Milwaukee County Sheriff”s Office).
A Wisconsin jury has found a man guilty of fatally shooting two police officers during an altercation that stemmed from a dispute between two women. The incident unfolded when Tremaine Jones, 23, intervened in a fight, leading to the tragic events that followed.
Jones was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide for the killing of Milwaukee Police Officer Kendall Corder. Additionally, he faced charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and possession of a short-barreled shotgun or rifle, as confirmed by the Milwaukee Police Department in an official announcement on Friday.
During the trial, prosecutors detailed the sequence of events that led to the shooting. On the night of June 26, 2025, a confrontation erupted between two women on North 25th Street and West Garfield Avenue in Milwaukee. The altercation, reportedly over accusations of infidelity, escalated when a man armed with a gun intervened to separate the combatants.
“That’s what sets everything off,” explained Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Grant Huebner, as reported by local news outlet Fox affiliate WITI. “Everything happens because of that.”
Authorities stated that one of the women involved disagreed with the armed man’s interference and subsequently contacted Jones. Responding to the call, Jones arrived at the scene wielding a short-barreled rifle. “He decides to make 25th and Garfield his little punching bag,” Huebner remarked, illustrating the chaos that ensued as Jones indiscriminately fired shots.
The defendant then showed up with his own gun, a short-barreled rifle, and “decides to make 25th and Garfield his little punching bag,” Huebner stated. “He’s just firing off a round, pissed because there’s a guy in the apartment?”
Cellphone video showed Jones walking on a street in the area waving a rifle and reportedly yelling, “What you want? Let’s do it!”
Multiple 911 calls were made, and the people present during the fight left, authorities said. But Jones still had a gun, and soon after he walked into an area off an alleyway, officers, including the 32-year-old Corder, approached him.
Jones reportedly fired 16 shots, “13 of ’em at a guy who’s running away,” Huebner said. “He takes a pause, and he fires more.”
“The officers were both struck and not able to return fire,” the Milwaukee Police Department said three days after the shooting. “Officer Corder was transported to Froedtert Hospital for treatment and later succumbed to his injuries.”
Corder’s 29-year-old partner was brought to a hospital, treated, and released. Jones was arrested.
Just before closing arguments on Friday, prosecutors presented a phone call Jones made from jail to his mother.
“‘I’m there, I see two guys, and my reaction is my reaction.’ That’s not saying other people, that’s saying, ‘Mom, I’m sorry I just killed a cop,’” Huebner said, according to WITI. “Whether or not he knew they were cops didn’t matter. He severs a guy’s spine, almost severs another, and says, ‘Mom, it wasn’t intentional.’”
Jones reportedly cried during the call, saying that he thought it was “two random people from the hood” and not police officers and that he was scared.
“The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) recognizes what a difficult week this has been for our members who testified and were forced to relive the horror of the day we lost Officer Corder,” the law enforcement agency said after the verdict. “These members were brave and heroic on that day and we admire their courage during this trial. Our thoughts are with them and Officer Corder’s family at the conclusion of this case.”
Jones is set to be sentenced on June 12. He faces life in prison.
