The Brief
- Dayton Milligan and Earl Gordon are charged after a 107 mph street-racing crash on Jan. 15 killed EMT Meng Kue at 76th and Glendale.
- Milligan allegedly fled the scene in Gordon’s vehicle; police later found Milligan’s ID in the crashed truck and blood-stained clothing at a residence.
- Both men have prior hit-and-run convictions, including a 2021 reckless homicide conviction for Milligan.
MILWAUKEE – Two Milwaukee men are now charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash at 76th and Glendale that killed an EMT. The accused are 22-year-old Dayton Milligan and 37-year-old Earl Gordon. They face the following criminal counts:
- First-degree reckless homicide (Milligan)
- Hit-and-run resulting in death (Milligan, Gordon)
- Knowingly operate motor vehicle while revoked-cause death of another (Milligan)
- Harboring or aiding a felon (Gordon)
Fatal hit-and-run crash
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to a crash at 76th and Glendale on Thursday evening, Jan. 15. The striking vehicle was a pickup truck. The vehicle that was struck was an SUV. Both vehicles sustained severe damage consistent with a high-speed collision, the complaint says.
The driver of the pickup truck was not at the scene when officers arrived. The driver of the SUV, identified as Meng Kue, did not survive his injuries. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office said Kue’s cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.
Witness statement: Vehicle’s “racing”
What they’re saying:
Police spoke with a witness who indicated she saw the pickup truck with loud exhaust and two other cars at 76th and Appleton. The witness said when the light turned green, “the three vehicles began racing down 76th Street. (The witness) estimated that the vehicles reached a speed of 80 mph,” the complaint says. The witness said when the racing vehicles reached 76th and Glendale, the pickup truck hit another vehicle that was attempting to cross 76th Street. The witness told police she stopped to help and interacted with the driver of the pickup truck, who she said was wearing a blue “puffy” jacket. The witness said the driver appeared to be shaken, but she did not see any visible injuries. The witness went on to say the pickup truck driver then “grabbed some items from inside the truck and then got into one of the (other) vehicles that had also been racing,” the complaint says. That vehicle fled the scene.
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