Four charged with murder in the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell outside Milwaukee hotel

Felony murder charges have been filed against four people in connection with the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell, who died in June after security guards restrained him outside a Milwaukee hotel, the prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.

Felony murder charges have been filed against four people in connection with the death of D’Vontaye Mitchell, who died in June after security guards restrained him outside a Milwaukee hotel, the prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.

D'Vontaye Mitchell.Courtesy Brenda GilesMitchell, 43, died from suffocation and the effects of multiple drugs in the incident on June 30, and his manner of death was ruled a homicide, the Milwaukee County medical examiner said in a report released last week.

A charge of felony murder has been filed each against Todd Alan Erickson, Devin W. Johnson-Carson, Brandon LaDaniel Turner and Herbert T. Williamson, according to court documents.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office said arrest warrants have been issued for all four.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has compared the death of Mitchell, who was Black, to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 when he was restrained by a police officer who was convicted and sentenced to 22½ years in prison.

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