Milwaukee flag football shooting; open records provide new details

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting at a youth football game, but new details have emerged about the incident.

That shooting happened in mid-October at Milwaukee Public Schools’ South Stadium.

Raysean Barnes, 47, died.

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There are new details about the case through open documents obtained by FOX6 News. It explains how surveillance and cell phone data led to charges.

Investigators say he was at the game to watch a loved one play when he came from the stands and went to the parking lot to get a child to drink water. As he walked from the stands, he found himself in the middle of a fight.

Prosecutors say 30-year-old Gavino Avalos-Morales pulled out a gun, pointed it at Barnes and shot him in the chest. He died in hospital.

Investigators learned through interviews that the accused shooter should never have been at the game.

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An acquaintance said Gavino-Avalos gave him a ride and followed him inside with another man. Minutes later an argument broke out and shots were fired.

Surveillance footage showed the suspect running away, but more importantly, he arrived in a white Mazda CX-9.

Police were able to track the vehicle to the suspected shooter. Four days later they arrested the 30-year-old.

When he was taken into custody, police searched his cell phone and discovered that he had been contacted by criminal defense attorneys in the days after the shooting. He also texted a loved one that his life was over.

Avalos-Morales has been charged with multiple crimes, including first-degree reckless homicide and discharging a firearm in a school zone.

He has to appear in court again next month.