BELOIT, Wis. (WTVO) — Dennis Banks, 32, was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide after shooting and killing a man who was trying to protect a woman from Banks’ gun, and faces a sentence of life in prison.
On Monday, February 3, 2025, police from the Town of Beloit Police Department, City of Beloit Police Department, and deputies from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene in the 1900 block of Wisconsin Avenue, around 3:47 p.m.
According to the Rock County District Attorney’s Office, Banks was living in a crowded home with his mom and sister, as well as two friends and their significant others. A witness told the jury that Banks came home and went on a “one-man stampede,” pistol-whipping one friend before pointing his gun at a woman. The woman’s boyfriend, identified only as “A.T.J,” protested, and Banks shot him in the face, authorities said…