CRIME

Milwaukee man on FBI's 'Most Wanted' list fights extradition

Maggie Angst
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
FBI Most Wanted suspect Terry A.D. Strickland was captured Jan. 15 in El Paso. Above, Strickland walks into the El Paso County Jail escorted by the FBI agents who captured him.

A Milwaukee homicide suspect who was arrested earlier this week after being added to the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list has decided to fight extradition, according to the FBI.

Terry A.D. Strickland, 24, who is wanted in a double killing, was captured early Sunday in El Paso, Texas.

After initially stating he would waive extradition, the FBI confirmed Friday that he will fight the decision. Strickland is now in Texas state custody and officials there will work with Milwaukee Police Department to return him to Milwaukee, according to the FBI.

When Strickland was added to the most-wanted list last month, Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said he was accused of having "cold-bloodedly killed" two innocent men, Maurice Brown Jr. and Michael Allen Reed.

Strickland was among a group of men arguing outside of a Milwaukee home July 17, when he shot and killed Brown and Reed.

Strickland was the second Milwaukee homicide suspect added to the FBI's most-wanted list within a six-month period.

Federal officials said Strickland, who grew up outside Chicago, had ties to Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. Authorities have not publicly said what Strickland was doing in El Paso, which is on the border with Mexico.

Ashley Luthern of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contributed to this report.