The Brief
- West Allis police say a Milwaukee man linked to a suspicious death led them on a chase.
- Investigators arranged a controlled buy after the victim’s girlfriend identified the suspect.
- Officers say the man hit 80 mph, tossed a gun and was arrested with fentanyl, cash and 11 phones.
MILWAUKEE – West Allis police say an alleged fentanyl dealer connected to a man’s suspicious death was taken into custody after a high-speed chase.
What we know:
Officers were first called on Nov. 13 to a home near South 74th and West Walker streets, where they found a man born in 1985 dead alongside a digital scale with tan residue and other drug paraphernalia.
Investigators say the man’s longtime girlfriend told them she and her partner had been getting fentanyl daily for six years from 29-year-old Milwaukee man Daekwuan Walton. She was taken into custody for her suspected involvement in giving the man fentanyl.…