Milwaukee man convicted in shooting incident at Franklin Sam’s Club sentenced to 10 years in prison
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Luis Cardona-Contreras
FRANKLIN -- A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Luis Cardona-Contreras on Friday, Feb. 14 to ten years in prison plus another five years of extended supervision. This, following his conviction on a charge of first-degree reckless injury associated with a shooting incident that unfolded outside the Sam's Club in Franklin last July.
According to the criminal complaint, Franklin officers were dispatched to the Sam's Club around noon on Saturday for a shooting complaint. They spoke with the driver of a pickup struck who was shot and wounded. The pickup truck driver said he was turning in the parking lot of Sam's Club. He told officers he and Cardona-Contreras "were frustrated with each other's driving but no words were exchanged." The pickup truck driver then went to park his vehicle and began walking toward the store.
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Shooting in Sam's Club parking lot
The complaint indicates a few moments later, Cardona-Contreras and a woman in his car pulled up next to the pickup truck driver and "began yelling and cursing" at him. The complaint says a "female exited the vehicle and stood between (the pickup truck driver) and Cardona-Contreras. The pickup truck driver then "observed (Cardona-Contreras) pointing a firearm at him. (The pickup truck driver) slapped the firearm down, but (Cardona-Contreras) raised the firearm up again and fired a round striking (the pickup truck driver) in the upper chest."
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Shooting in Sam's Club parking lot
Cardona-Contreras drove down the street and parked, the complaint says. When police arrived on the scene, they "recovered a .45 caliber IWI Jericho 941 semi-automatic firearm with a 10 round magazine as well as a spent .45 caliber casing."
When investigators interviewed Cardona-Contreras, he stated "he was upset with the driver of the green pickup because the driver cut him off." Cardona-Contreras stated the driver of the pickup "did not have a weapon or threaten the use of a weapon. The defendant further stated he got carried away in the heat of the moment."
The complaint indicates most of this incident was captured by surveillance cameras outside of the store.