Prez Wade appears in court virtually June 28, 2023. PC: Fox 11 Online
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A man accused of shooting and killing his friend in Ashwaubenon apartment was ordered Tuesday to stand trial.
Prez Wade is charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the March 1 shooting of Braxton Phillips on Viking Drive. His arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 16, court records show.
Prez admitted to the shooting when police interviewed him on March 9, according to a 37-page criminal complaint, saying it was accidental.
“Prez stated he was sitting like this as he held up his left arm as if he had his arm around (Phillips) and had his right hand like Prez was holding a gun. Prez stated, ‘I pulled the trigger, boom’ and then (Phillips) started to yell and got up and ran to the door. Prez stated he just sat there shocked because he thought (Phillips) was faking. Prez stated (Phillips) ran to the door and stated, ‘I’m shot [*****’,’ ran back in front of him and dropped,” the complaint states.
One witness told police Prez was upset with Phillips for being close with Keilana Brunette, who is the mother of Wade’s child.
“Prez told him he had thought about shooting (Phillips) before it actually happened. WITNESS 1 stated (Phillips) started to get involved in Prez and Keilana’s relationship,” the complaint states.
The same witness told police there were two guns in the apartment, but Wade made sure the one Phillips had was empty so he couldn’t shoot back, according to the complaint.
The guns were tossed out of a vehicle window along a highway, but were later recovered.
A blood sample from Wade’s shoes matched Phillips, the complaint says.
The complaint cites multiple recordings of texts and phone calls Wade made from jail, discussing the disposal of the phone and guns. Also, Wade talks about how much prison time he might get for the shooting, claiming it couldn’t be proven to be more than accident. One example would be these comments from a March 17 jail call to Brunette:
“’There is like so much evidence that they have to prove for me to do it like intentionally and there is like no evidence.’ ‘There is like no evidence at all that I intended to do any of that [****].’ ‘They have to prove that I intended to do that,’ the complaint quotes Wade as telling Brunette.
Phillips died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the autopsy cited in the complaint.
Brunette faces multiple charges, as well, including aiding a felon and obstruction. She returns to court Nov. 28 for a status conference. No trial date has been set.
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