Theodore Edgecomb’s family and supporters staged protests at Brady and Holton on Friday, demanding their immediate release. Edgecomb is in prison on a murder charge. Police say he shot and killed Jason Klerman on the Holton Street Bridge in September 2020. Originally, Clareman’s wife told police that Edgecomb punched her husband in the face through an open window, stopped with them at a light on Humboldt, then fled. WISN 12 News requested surveillance footage of the shooting more than a year ago, but police never released it. Now, a partially edited video obtained by WISN 12 News last week by a source shows an SUV chasing a cyclist on the Holton Street Bridge that night. According to Edgecomb’s lawyer, Edgecomb is on the bike. She claimed that Clearman chased Edgecomb in the SUV, threatened to kill him and used racial slurs. He said that Clareman then came out and whispered before shooting Clareman at Edgecomb. New court documents also state that investigators found a folding knife in Clareman’s pocket. That evidence was not mentioned in the initial complaint. After a six-month search, police arrested Edgecomb in Kentucky. “I think my son should be home for the holidays,” said Edgecomb’s mother, Sonya Gordon. He marched with protesters in Holton and Brady on Friday. “After the video was released, I feel like my son should have been released,” she said. “I read the story of Jason Klerman’s wife and I was blown away. I don’t understand why anyone would believe her when this video exists,” said Omar Flores, co-chair of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. They held a sit-in on Friday. Asked if he had asked Edgecomb what had happened on the night of the shooting or why he had not changed himself, he said he had not spoken to her about it. WISN 12 News Friday asked Clareman’s family for feedback on the new video and self-defense argument. He declined to comment. Edgecomb’s next court date is set for January. His lawyers say he will testify in his defense.
Theodore Edgecomb’s family and supporters staged protests at Brady and Holton on Friday, demanding their immediate release.
Edgecomb is in prison on a murder charge. Police say he shot and killed Jason Klerman on the Holton Street Bridge in September 2020.
Originally, Clareman’s wife told police that Edgecomb punched her husband in the face through an open window, stopped with him at a light on Humboldt, then fled.
WISN 12 News requested surveillance footage of the shooting that happened more than a year ago, but police never released it.
Now, a video partially edited by a source obtained by WISN 12 News last week shows an SUV chasing a cyclist on the Holton Street Bridge that night.
According to Edgecomb’s lawyer, Edgecomb is on the bike. She claimed that Clearman chased Edgecomb in the SUV, threatened to kill him and used racial slurs. He said that Clareman then came out and limped on Edgecomb, before Edgecomb shot Clareman.
New court documents also said investigators found a folding knife in Clareman’s pocket. That evidence was not mentioned in the initial complaint.
After a six-month search, police arrested Edgecomb in Kentucky.
“I think my son should be home for the holidays,” said Edgecomb’s mother, Sonya Gordon.
He marched with protesters in Holton and Brady on Friday.
“After the video was released, I feel like my son should have been released,” she said.
Omar Flores, co-president of the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, said, “I read the story of Jason Klerman’s wife and I was blown away. I don’t understand why anyone would believe her when this video exists.” ”
He organized a dharna on Friday.
When asked if he had asked Edgecomb what had happened on the night of the shoot or why he had not changed himself, he said that he had not spoken to her about it.
WISN 12 News on Friday asked Clareman’s family for feedback on the new video and self-defense argument. He declined to comment.
Edgecomb’s next court date is set for January. His lawyers say he will testify in his defence.
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