Milwaukee 16-year-old shot 15-year-old over hoodie, prosecutors say

MILWAUKEE – A “beef” over a stolen hoodie led to an tried first-degree intentional murder cost in opposition to a Milwaukee 16-year-old. Prosecutors say {the teenager}, a Milwaukee gang member, shot a 15-year-old boy, a member of a special Milwaukee gang, after accusing him of stealing property, together with a hoodie.

The taking pictures occurred Aug. 20 at a gasoline station close to thirty seventh and North. 

In response to a felony grievance, surveillance confirmed a Nissan with closely tinted home windows pulling into the gasoline station lot. Prosecutors say Branquan Brown obtained out of the passenger seat, carrying a firearm, firing it a couple of times earlier than operating again to the automobile.

The 15-year-old taking pictures sufferer suffered a gunshot wound to the top and was rushed to Youngsters’s Wisconsin.

A witness who recognized as a member of the DTE (Downtown Leisure) gang (a department of the Kia Boys), advised investigators DTE was “beefing” with a “Murda Gang” member over “BAPE hoodies.” This witness mentioned he was the one who took the hoodie that was the middle of this dispute. He believed he was the goal of the taking pictures.

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Brown was arrested for “a number of different offenses,” and the grievance says he advised investigators he was accountable for the gasoline station taking pictures. He mentioned the day earlier than the taking pictures, “Meech” and one other particular person robbed him of the hoodie, some jogging pants, some Jordan sneakers and an iPhone Plus. He mentioned when he noticed “Meech” the following day on the gasoline station, he fired three to 4 instances. He then went house and later bought the gun.

The grievance notes Brown was questioned by investigators about being in a stolen blue Hyundai Elantra in a separate case, and he mentioned he “doesn’t keep in mind as a result of he had been in roughly 15 stolen automobiles since 2021.”

Brown made his preliminary look in court docket Thursday, Oct. 27. Money bond was set at $100,000.