Travis Cooper
MILWAUKEE - Travis Cooper pleaded guilty on Friday, Jan. 9 to felony murder in connection with a drug deal turned setup that left an Appleton man dead in March 2025.
Cooper is scheduled to be sentenced in this case on March 6.
Case details
The backstory:
Cooper and Gregory Hamilton were both charged with felony murder. They are accused of killing Cory Fritz over some weed edibles.
Cory Fritz
It happened near 43rd and Good Hope in Milwaukee late on March 2, 2025. Surveillance videos helped piece together what happened – including Cooper circling the neighborhood in wait, even buying a drink at a gas station.
Prosecutors say Cooper, Hamilton's best friend, was the stick-up man. But during the holdup, prosecutors say Fritz confronted Cooper and was shot in the head during a struggle. But Fritz wasn't dead.
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Prosecutors say Hamilton told a neighbor Fritz hit his head on a mailbox. The neighbor then helped put Fritz in his truck and parked it on the neighbor's property. Fritz died about a day later at Froedtert Hospital.
Phone calls between Hamilton and Cooper tipped off investigators to the setup. When police searched Cooper's home, filings say they found drugs as well as Fritz's duffle bag.
Hamilton's status
What we know:
Online court records indicate Gregory Hamilton, who is charged with felony murder-armed robbery, is still going through the court process. He is scheduled to go to trial on March 2.
The Source: Information in this post was provided by Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, the criminal complaint associated with this case, and previous FOX6 News coverage.