Milwaukee Police Officer Kendall Corder, 32, was mortally wounded while responding to calls about an armed person on the night of June 26, 2025. Corder and his partner, Officer Christopher McCray, approached North 25th Street and West Garfield Avenue on foot after multiple 911 reports of shots fired. Investigators say rifle fire erupted from nearby bushes; 16 rifle rounds were recovered and neither officer was able to return fire.

Corder was struck three times, including one round that severed his spine and another that struck his chest. McCray also was shot three times and survived. Corder remained on life support and died June 29, 2025; the Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide. Evidence recovered at the scene included a rifle linked to the casings, a fingerprint on the weapon, a backpack containing identification tied to Tremaine Deandre Jones, and video and witness accounts placing Jones with a large firearm before the shooting.

Jones was arrested the next day and charged with first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide and related counts. His jury trial began March 30, 2026; on April 3, 2026 the jury found Jones guilty on every charge. Does anyone in the neighborhood remember seeing activity in the alley that night or the moments before officers arrived?

Being a police officer is so dangerous. How terrifying for the family. No matter how you feel about police they are put in harms way every single day.