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MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to decades in federal prison for the death of U.S. Postal Service worker Aundre Cross in 2022.
Federal prison sentence
In court:
In July, 40-year-old Kevin McCaa pleaded guilty to murdering Cross and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. U.S. District Judge Pamela Pepper sentenced McCaa to 38 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Kevin McCaa
Four people charged
What we know:
McCaa is one of four people who federal prosecutors charged in connection to Cross' death. Charles Ducksworth pleaded guilty to the same crimes as McCaa and is scheduled to be sentenced in November.
What we don't know:
Prosecutors also accused Shanelle McCoy of not coming forward about a crime and lying to police, and Lakisha Ducksworth of providing false statements to law enforcement. It's not clear where the cases against the two women stand based on the latest information from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Aundre Cross
Aundre Cross killed
The backstory:
Cross, a USPS letter carrier, was shot in the head and killed near 65th and Stark in December 2022. Surveillance video, license plate readers, fingerprints and cellphone records are what investigators used to piece together what happened.
Home surveillance video captured a silver Audi SUV and suspected killer, who cut through a yard. Gunshots could be heard in the video as that person ran back to the waiting SUV. Prosecutors said the person running was McCaa.
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According to court documents, cellphone records place three of the defendants in the area at the time of the shooting and in the same areas where the SUV was seen across the city.
As to why Cross was targeted, court documents indicate that authorities suspect McCaa and Charles Ducksworth were involved in mailing drugs from California to Milwaukee. The men surveilled Cross for over 30 minutes prior to the homicide and targeted him because they thought he had stolen their drug package, prosecutors said.
After the homicide, prosecutors said the men threw the gun in a nearby creek, changed their phone numbers and disposed of clothes they were wearing at the time.
The Source: Information in this story is from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and prior coverage of the case.