The Brief
- Trevelle Walk is accused of leading police on a miles-long police chase on the city’s north side on Aug. 28.
- The police chase came after a person called police indicating the defendant had a fully-automatic weapon with an extended magazine in his vehicle.
- The chase stretched more than eight miles and reached a top speed of about 100 mph.
MILWAUKEE – A 22-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of leading police on a miles-long police chase and possessing a fully-automatic firearm. The accused is Trevelle Walk – and he faces the following criminal counts:
- Operating a motor vehicle to flee or in an attempt to elude an officer
- Second-degree recklessly endangering safety
- Sell/possess/use/transport machine gun
- Possession of cocaine
- Possession of narcotic drugs
- Carrying a concealed weapon
Police chase, arrest
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded to a “subject with a gun” complaint on N. 75th Street just south of Green Tree on Thursday morning, Aug. 28. The caller described a man with “dreadlocks with a black semi-automatic gun with an extended magazine in the suspect’s lap,” the complaint says. The caller saw this at a gas station — and described the vehicle involved as an SUV.
When officers arrived at the gas station, they spotted the vehicle and the man inside, later identified as the defendant, Trevelle Walk. They activated their emergency lights and siren to conduct a traffic stop. The complaint says Walk fled from police. A police chase lasted “approximately 8.39 miles. During the pursuit, Walk drove recklessly traveling up to 100 miles per hour, nearly colliding with a city bus,” the complaint says. At some point, the complaint says Walk hit a curb and his “front tire came off and his car became disabled” near Sherman and Garfield.…