Brookfield Man Charged with Robbing Friend, Trying to Shoot Him

A 28-year-old Brookfield man has been charged with armed robbery and three more felonies after he tried to hold up and fired shots at an acquaintance at the victim's Milwaukee home, according to a criminal complaint.

After the 33-year-old victim grabbed his own gun and fired back, the defendant, Evan Scott Dunlap, fled and then threatened him further by phone and text not to press the matter with police, the complaint says.

Dunlap was charged April 4 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with the following:

• Armed robbery with threat of force, punishable by up to 40 years in prison
• Second-degree reckless endangerment, punishable by up to 10 years
• Felon in possession of a firearm, up to 10 years
• Intimidating a witness, up to 10 years

According to the complaint:

On the night of March 26, the victim called police to his home in the 4100 block of North 68th Street in Milwaukee, saying someone had tried to rob and shoot him. He told officers he was acquainted with his assailant.

Dunlap, he said, had been calling him about doing some work on his car. Then he said he wanted to hang out and drink a few beers, and that he was coming over.

The two sat for awhile talking in the kitchen, the victim said, until he heard something interesting on television in the living room. He got up and left Dunlap in the kitchen, then called him into the living room.

Instead, he told police, Dunlap called him back to the kitchen, and when the resident turned the corner, Dunlap was holding a gun on him. Dunlap told him, "I know you got some money in this house, and I’m going to take it all and anything else I want."

Dunlap then asked him if anyone else was in the house, and in an attempt to scare him into leaving, the victim said loudly, "Just my girl and my cousin in the other room."

Dunlap, he said, yelled at him to shut up or he would kill him on the spot. He stepped forward menacingly, and the victim turned to run.

Dunlap fired two shots, he said, one hitting the wall next to him and the other the wall where he had just before been standing.

The victim ran to get his own gun, a .45-caliber, and fired one shot through the wall between him and kitchen, hitting his refrigerator. He heard another shot from the kitchen and then heard his back door slam. As soon as he was sure Dunlap had left, he called police, who found three .40-caliber shell casings on the kitchen floor.

The victim named Dunlap and picked him out of a photo lineup. Three days later, the victim called police back to his home to show them threatening text messages he had received from Dunlap warning him not to cooperate with police and threatening him and his family if he did.

The criminal complaint does not detail how Dunlap was found and taken into custody. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Monday.