Theodore Edgecomb

Theodore Edgecomb claims he acted in self-defense when he killed Jason Cleereman on Sept. 22, 2020. Edgecomb is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting and killing of Cleereman, a Milwaukee immigration attorney. Cleereman was in the passenger seat of a car driven by his wife and Edgecomb was on his bike. Investigators say an altercation took place. Video shows Cleereman's vehicle follow Edgecomb on the Holton Street Bridge. The Milwaukee attorney got out, and Edgecomb shoots and kills him. Edgecomb claims Cleereman had a knife. Police called it a road rage incident. The defendant fled the state and was arrested months later in Kentucky.