Alphonse Jr. was connected to the elote vendor's murder by a 9mm spent cartridge left at an early armed robbery of a pizza delivery man, according to Milwaukee police.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
September 9, 2020
Milwaukee, WI - On Tuesday, Antoine Alphonse Jr., 30, the suspected shooter that fatally shot Emilio Garza, 52, birth name Filigonio Ramirez Montes, a Southside popular elote (corn on the cob) street vendor on August 28, 2020 was booked at the Milwaukee County jail for multiple felony counts that includes one felony count of 1st-degree intentional homicide including party to a crime and one felony count of armed robbery including party to a crime. If convicted, Alphonse Jr. is facing life in prison along with an additional 45 years in prison and he may be fined up to $100,000.
Alphonse Jr.'s bond was set at $200,000 cash. A second suspect is sought in the homicide case.
Apparently, Alphonse Jr., an African-American was connected to the Ramirez Montes homicide case by forensic evidence of a spent 9mm casting recovered at an earlier armed robbery crime of a pizza delivery man on the same day. Alphonse Jr. is accused of firing multiple shots at the crime scene and police recovered 9mm castings at the scene where the pizza delivery man was robbed, which matched the same 9mm spent castings recovered at the Ramirez Montes homicide scene at the 2100 block of S. 11th Street.
According to the autopsy report, Dr. Brian Peterson, a Forensic Pathologist for the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office,
performed an autopsy on August 31, 2020 on the victim, Filigonio Ramirez Montes, and ruled his death a homicide. Dr.
Peterson located nine gunshots to the victim which occurred to the right side of the victim’s chest,
outside left calf, inside left calf, left upper arm, left of back near arm pit, left side of back, right side of
lower back, midline mid-back, and left side of groin.
Alphonse Jr. and another suspect took more than $135 from Ramirez Montes after beating him, kicking him and firing 9 shots at the victim who died at the scene. The Ramirez Montes homicide was video recorded by an outdoor home video surveillance camera.
Last week Saturday, September 5, 2020, a group of Latinos, Whites and Blacks marched from the Butterfly Park at the 1300 block of W. Forest Home Ave. to the Milwaukee 2nd District Police Station at the 200 block of W. Lincoln Ave. seeking information about the Ramirez Montes homicide, but police locked the front doors and Police Sgt. Geniesse who was at the station wouldn't open the doors nor speak to those seeking information about the homicide. No attempt was made by Sgt. Geniesse to speak to the people outside.
After most of the Emilio march participants left, the police opened the doors again and then multiple people walked in to the station and address their concerns. Sgt. Geniesse did admit that he was the shift commander and did asked a woman to come in and talk to him, but the woman refused and wanted him or someone to come out and speak to them, which no one did. Sgt. Geniesse says that when he saw more than 20 people outside with signs, he took it as a threat and locked the doors to avoid any incident where prior protesters turned over machines at the police station, according to a video recording posted on Facebook.
The new police captain at the 2nd District Police Station is David Salazar and the new Acting Milwaukee Police Chief is Michael Brunson.
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