The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man that was killed as 47-year-old Ernest Terrell Blakney, who was wanted for charges related to the slaying of his ex-girlfriend, including, first-degree reckless homicide, attempted mutilating a corpse, armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a felon, felony bail jumping, and false imprisonment.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the shootout with law enforcement officers happened at the conclusion of a car chase that started on the south side and ended in the downtown area.
Blakney was charged last year with second-degree sexual assault of a child for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old. He pled guilty to the charge last month and was freed on bail by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge David Borowski who denied prosecutors motion to keep him in jail.
Videos of the Blakney’s gun fight with law enforcement quickly went viral on social media as numerous police cars followed him in hot pursuit.