A 22-year-old Milwaukee man will spend decades behind bars after a jury convicted him in the 2024 shooting death of a man on the city’s south side. The sentence adds a final, grim chapter to a case built around surveillance footage, cellphone location data and an abandoned Infiniti.
Areon Davis was found guilty of first-degree reckless homicide on June 11, 2026, after prosecutors initially charged him with first-degree intentional homicide. On Thursday, July 23, a judge sentenced Davis to 25 years in prison followed by 15 years of extended supervision, and ordered him to pay more than $6,800 in restitution, according to FOX6 News Milwaukee.
Surveillance And Phone Data Traced The Case Across Milwaukee
The homicide happened near 26th and Becher on Nov. 7, 2024. The 33-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering gunshot wounds to the face, neck, chest and arm, while CBS 58 reported that Milwaukee police initially sought information about the fatal shooting.
Prosecutors said surveillance video showed an Infiniti following the victim’s Hyundai into a T-shaped alley, then showed someone in dark clothing running from the area before getting into the same vehicle. The Infiniti was later found abandoned near 33rd and Kilbourn, about three miles away, as detailed in an earlier FOX6 report.
Court filings also described the victim as a known drug dealer and close family friend of Davis who was typically carrying large amounts of cash. Prosecutors pointed to photos Davis posted showing a large stack of money days after the shooting, along with cellphone and Life360 data that placed a phone associated with Davis near the homicide scene and later along a route toward Milwaukee’s north side.
Jury Rejected Original Intentional Homicide Charge
The jury’s first-degree reckless homicide verdict was a lesser conviction than the intentional homicide charge prosecutors originally brought. Davis was arrested in West Allis on Dec. 8, 2024, and the cellphone investigators were examining was found when he was taken into custody.
With the prison term and extended supervision now ordered, the case moves from a homicide investigation and courtroom battle into the long sentence that will follow Davis beyond his release from prison. The restitution order also leaves a financial obligation tied to the loss, although no payment can undo what happened in that Milwaukee alley.
