Overview
- Police say the private security guard was assaulted in the MacArthur Square parking garage on May 18 and Milwaukee police confirmed he later died of his injuries.
- Officers arrested 32-year-old Daniel Mcrae at the scene and an arrest report referred substantial battery and a probation-violation matter to prosecutors.
- Records show Mcrae was previously arrested May 5 for allegedly threatening public safety officers, held at central booking until May 12, and then released while prosecutors paused review for medical records.
- The Milwaukee County district attorney’s office has filed disorderly conduct and resisting-arrest charges tied to the May 5 case but has not publicly filed battery charges for the May 18 attack as the investigation and charging decisions remain active.
- Family members identified the victim as 34-year-old Dylan Plouff, a husband and father, and coverage has split between straight reporting of the police and prosecutorial actions and opinion pieces that fault prosecutorial choices and highlight the suspect’s prior contacts with law enforcement.