East-side shooting leads to arrest, charges
- Police arrested a suspect in an east-side Madison shooting following an investigation and witness tips. - Authorities arrested one person and recovered evidence linking them to the shooting, according to police statements. - The arrest may ease community concerns while prosecutors review charges and pursue trial decisions ( patch.com )
Madison police say they arrested a 22-year-old man in a March 24 east-side shooting and booked him on two counts of attempted homicide. (cityofmadison.com) The arrest came nearly three weeks after officers were sent to the 700 block of Bewick Street at 11:35 p.m. on March 24 for reports of gunfire. Police found shattered glass from a vehicle in the road, and no injuries were reported. (cityofmadison.com) Madison police identified the suspect as Dezmond Z. Chest and said video showed him driving a sport utility vehicle and shooting at a second vehicle carrying two people. Police said Chest and the two people in that vehicle knew each other. (cityofmadison.com) The case moved from a shots-fired investigation to an attempted homicide arrest because investigators said the gunfire was aimed at an occupied vehicle, not fired randomly into the area. Police said witness reports and security video were part of the investigation. (channel3000.com) That matters on Madison’s east side because the original police report described damaged property and broken glass, but no wounded victims and no immediate arrest. The April 13 update added a named suspect, a booking at the Dane County Jail, and two felony counts tied to the same March 24 case. (cityofmadison.com) Channel 3000 reported the arrest happened Monday morning, April 13, and said the station was not naming the man until formal court charges were filed. The City of Madison police report, updated at 2:16 p.m. that day, named Chest and said he had already been booked. (channel3000.com, (cityofmadison.com)) The incident report places the shooting near Commercial Avenue on the city’s east side, in a corridor of homes and businesses where investigators initially asked the public for tips. Police said the investigation remained ongoing even after the arrest. (channel3000.com, (cityofmadison.com)) The next step is in court, where prosecutors decide whether to file or amend charges based on the police referral. For now, the March 24 shooting that began with broken glass on Bewick Street has produced one arrest and an attempted homicide case. (cityofmadison.com), (danecounty.gov)
