Milwaukee Juneteenth shooting; teen accused has history of weapons charges

MILWAUKEE - Court documents are shedding light on the chaotic shooting following the city's Juneteenth celebrations a week ago. 

Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy is believed to be the only shooter in the incident. He was on electronic monitoring at the time for a gun arrest a couple of months ago – and is an adjudicated felon for an armed robbery when he was 13.  

Prosecutors say the Juneteenth incident started as a fight involving two girls that devolved into a larger fight. Video from bystanders captured the fights. 

Court documents say the 15-year-old wearing a black hoodie with blue writing stumble out of a fight and out of view of a camera. Another boy pulled out a gun and fumbled with it. That is when police say the 15-year-old boy fired his gun – at least four shots into the group.

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"It’s sad. How can we celebrate when it’s our own? Our children that are doing the shootings?" said Camelia Pickett of Milwaukee.

Camelia Pickett

Six teens were shot, including a 17-year-old girl in the neck.

"There’s no reason that a young person should have their hands on a gun at anytime," said Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson.

Months earlier, court documents say the 15-year-old defendant was arrested with ah AK-47-modeled semiautomatic pistol. He was released on GPS against the state's protest. 

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In 2021, the then-13-year-old boy was adjudicated a felon for two counts of armed robbery – and given nine month probation in that case. 

Police arrested the 15-year-old last Wednesday. He made his first court appearance a day later – and was ordered detained in secure custody. The court found the boy has "high supervision needs" – and is a "risk of physical harm to the community and running away." The boy remains in custody. He is scheduled to appear before a judge later this week.