Teryton Bonner

Teryton Bonner was an 18-year-old White/Caucasian man described by his family as a loving and silly person with a big heart. He had a girlfriend who was expecting their child and had recently moved back to his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the spring of 2022. His mother, Junell, said she never expected to have to bury her son.

On the evening of February 6, 2023, Bonner was at the Amstar gas station near the intersection of 17th and Rogers, a place he frequently visited. According to investigators, two other men entered the store and saw that Bonner was carrying a gun in his front pants pocket. After Bonner paid for his items and left the store, putting on his earbuds, the two men abandoned their own items and followed him outside. Surveillance footage captured one of the men putting a gun to Bonner’s neck. A brief scuffle ensued, and Bonner fell to the ground after a single gunshot was heard. While Bonner was on the ground, one suspect pointed a handgun at his chest while the other removed an item from Bonner’s right front pocket. The two men then fled the scene. Police officers responded to reports of the shooting and found Bonner’s body and a spent cartridge casing.

The investigation quickly focused on two suspects. Forensic investigators recovered a palm print from a soda can left on the gas station counter, which matched 19-year-old Elias Alvarado. The second suspect was identified as 18-year-old Angel Joel Guichardo. Police arrested Guichardo on February 10 and a search of his home uncovered clothing that matched what the second suspect was wearing in the surveillance video. During jail calls after his arrest, Guichardo was heard telling a woman he had nothing to do with the killing, stating, "that was all Elias."

Both men were charged in connection with Teryton Bonner’s death. On July 6, 2023, Elias Alvarado pleaded guilty to felony murder. In August 2023, a judge sentenced him to 21 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of extended supervision upon his release. On September 6, 2023, Angel Joel Guichardo pleaded guilty to felony murder as party to a crime, resolving the case against both men.