A 54-year-old man in Wisconsin is accused of killing his 50-year-old roommate by intentionally running him over in a pickup truck in the middle of the afternoon, dragging the body more than 100 feet in front of numerous witnesses.

Chad Michael Martinez was taken into custody earlier this month and charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the slaying of John Bacher, court records show.

According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, officers with the Milwaukee Police Department at about 5:15 p.m. on Aug. 10 responded to the intersection of S. Muskego Avenue and W. Burnham Street regarding multiple reports of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle and suffering severe injuries.

Upon arriving, officers located Bacher, who was already being treated by me

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