Milwaukee woman shot in head; woman pleads guilty, sentenced
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee woman has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to shooting another woman in the back of the head in March 2023.
28-year-old Erma L. Bowie pleaded guilty to 1st Degree Reckless Injury with Use of a Dangerous Weapon in the shooting of Asiah Dennis near 16th and Lincoln in Milwaukee on March 4, 2023.
In court on Wednesday, April 24, Bowie changed her plea to guilty on the 1st Degree Reckless Injury Charge, and the charges of Bail Jumping and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon were dismissed, but read in.
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Bowie was sentenced to 20 years in the Wisconsin Prison System, with 15 years of incarceration and five years of extended supervision.
Milwaukee woman shot in head, $500K bond for woman charged
Erma Bowie, charged in connection with the shooting of Asiah Dennis, who was shot in the head inside her own home near 16th and Lincoln on March 4, was in court in Milwaukee County Monday after she was arrested in Louisiana in April.
Bowie was extradited from East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana to Wisconsin after her arrest in April 2023, which came over a month after Bowie's stepfather told FOX6 she was planning to turn herself in to Milwaukee police.
FOX6 also talked to the family of Asiah Dennis after the shooting. The family provided updates on Dennis' recovery.