A Milwaukee County jury found Edgecomb guilty of 1st-degree reckless homicide with deadly weapon for the September 2020 homicide of Jason Cleereman.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
January 26, 2022
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, a Milwaukee County jury found Theodore Edgecomb, 32, of Milwaukee guilty of 1st-degree reckless homicide with a deadly weapon for the September 2020 murder of immigration attorney Jason Cleereman, 54. Cleereman was shot in the head by Edgecomb who testified in court that his weapon fired accidentally.
Edgecomb is facing more than 60 years in prison.
Edgecomb attorneys had previously argued that their client had fired his weapon in self-defense, which Edgecomb testified on the stand in contrary that his weapon was fired by accident.
According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, the toxicology results indicated that Cleereman was intoxicated when he confronted Edgecomb after Edgecomb punched him. Edgecomb testified that Cleereman's wife who was driving almost struck him while she was driving igniting a road rage confrontation between Edgecomb and Cleereman.
Police didn't report, if Cleereman's wife was ever tested for DUI at the scene.
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