Judge questions witness testimony in Jackson Avenue shooting, reduces bond
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Attorney Jason Thomas cross-examines Jaden Rue in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith's courtroom. Terrance Brewer Jr., Thomas' client, and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam. Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Attorney Jason Thomas cross-examines Jaden Rue in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith's courtroom. Terrance Brewer Jr., Thomas' client, and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.
A Hamilton County judge reduced the bond for two men accused of fatally shooting an 18-year-old on Jackson Avenue in December after a witness’s credibility was questioned.
Terrance Brewer Jr., 23, and Milik Woodley, 22, were charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment after police found Wallace Milam, 18, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the street.
On the evening of Dec. 19, flashes of rifle and pistol gunfire erupted after a gun exchange went wrong, according to Milam’s friend, high school student Jaden Rue.
In court, he recounted the night’s events and narrated surveillance video that captured the teens’ arrival, a portion of the shooting and Milam’s wounded escape into the street, where he stumbled and fell to his knees while errant bullets kicked up dust clouds around him.
Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Terrance Brewer Jr. (left) and Milik Woodley sit in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Brewer and Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Witness Jaden Rue looks back at Terrance Brewer Jr. and Milik Woodley in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Brewer and Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Footage that allegedly shows the shooting death of Wallace Milam plays in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Terrance Brewer Jr. and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Attorney Neal Pinkston (left) cross-examines Jaden Rue as attorney Jason Thomas listens in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Thomas’ client, Terrance Brewer Jr., and Pinkston’s client, Milik Woodley, were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith listens to testimony from Jaden Rue. Terrance Brewer Jr. and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Attorney Jason Thomas speaks with his client, Terrance Brewer Jr., in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Brewer and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Detective Marina Wilkerson answers questions from Assistant District Attorney Vicki Carriker in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Terrance Brewer Jr. and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing for their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Assistant District Attorney Vicki Carriker questions Detective Marina Wilkerson in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Terrance Brewer Jr. and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing for their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.Staff Photo by Seth Carpenter / Attorney Jason Thomas cross-examines Jaden Rue in Hamilton County Judge Tori Smith’s courtroom. Terrance Brewer Jr., Thomas’ client, and Milik Woodley were in a preliminary hearing in connection with their alleged role in the shooting death of Wallace Milam.
Before the shooting, Milam had asked Rue to tag along and hold a .22 caliber rifle for the exchange, Rue testified. The two traveled to the meetup via a rideshare service. The driver allegedly never noticed the rifle, hidden in Rue’s pant leg, according to testimony Tuesday. The pair met the others in the front yard, and then moved to the back, where Rue gave the rifle to Brewer after Milam OK’d it, Rue testified.
