APPLETON – An Outagamie County judge has ruled probable cause exists to continue court proceedings for a 20-year-old Racine man accused of fatally shooting a man in downtown Appleton on Christmas Eve .
Elliot Campbell appeared in court Thursday afternoon for a preliminary hearing. He is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the killing of 22-year-old Elijah Dodson, of Milwaukee .
At the hearing, Appleton Police Department Sgt. Matthew Kuether testified about details included in a criminal complaint. The complaint was filed Jan. 16, but sealed the following day, preventing it from being released publicly.
Just after 2 a.m. Dec. 24 on the sidewalk in the 100 block of South Walnut Street, around the intersection of Walnut Street and College Avenue, a fight broke out near a taco truck, Kuether said.
Appleton police officers patrolling the area noticed the disturbance. While one officer got out of his patrol vehicle to see what was going on, he heard gunshots and saw people fleeing the area. His body camera captured some of the incident, Kuether said.