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Background: News footage of the apartment building in Milwaukee, Wis., where Angelo Nelson was shot on Feb. 2 (WITI). Inset (left): Dominic Nosacek (Milwaukee County Sheriff”s Office). Inset (right): Angelo Nelson (@cbs58news/Instagram).
A Wisconsin resident made a startling confession when he entered a Department of Homeland Security office, admitting to a security guard that he had fatally shot his neighbor.
Thirty-one-year-old Dominic Nosacek is currently held at Milwaukee County Jail facing charges of first-degree intentional homicide. The charges stem from the alleged shooting of 50-year-old Angelo Nelson. According to a criminal complaint cited by Law&Crime, Nosacek turned himself in on Monday morning at a DHS office.
A security guard recounted to police that Nosacek arrived in the lobby at 11:25 a.m. and declared, “I just killed a militia, I shot him in the head.”
The guard promptly alerted 911 after having Nosacek pass through a metal detector and seating him. Nosacek disclosed to the guard that he left the AK-47 rifle used in the shooting at his apartment on N. Astor Street. The complaint notes that Nosacek casually mentioned returning home to complete his taxes after the incident.
Investigators also spoke to another security guard from the DHS building, who recalled Nosacek stating, “I just killed somebody,” and referring to the victim as a “terrorist.”
Nelson’s body was found in the hallway of the apartment. He died of a single gunshot wound to the head.
After investigators took Nosacek in for post-Miranda questioning, Nosacek was asked about the activity at his apartment building. He replied that his neighbors “bang around too much” and “harass” him. After informing detectives that he had a history of “psychosis” and “depression,” Nosacek said that his neighbors were “militia men” who were “blackmailing” him.
Nosacek claimed that his neighbors did things to “provoke” him. When he saw Nelson standing in the hallway, he believed the other man was “waiting for him.” As Nosacek left his own apartment, firearm in hand, he told police he shot Nelson so he “could not get to him.”
When asked if he intended to kill Nelson, Nosacek said, “Yeah, because they are militia.” Nosacek said he did not see Nelson holding a weapon, and the two men did not have an argument.
Nosacek was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and bail jumping in connection with a previous criminal charge. After his first court appearance on Thursday, his bail was set at $251,000 cash. He remains in custody. His next court date has not been scheduled.
Nelson’s best friend D’Juan Hill spoke to local Fox affiliate WITI to remember the man he knew since middle school, saying, “I want the world to know about Angelo Nelson.”
Local CBS affiliate WDJT spoke to Nelson’s mother, Patricia Donald, who told the station her son “was funny, he was a people person, he loved people.”
Friends and family started a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral costs.