A 17-year-old has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of an Assata High School student that occurred Friday morning in Milwaukee.
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Jaqwone Robinson was charged with being a party to first-degree reckless homicide in the death of 18-year-old Na'mar Hicks. The shooting happened just after Assata students finished classes for the day near Hopkins and Courtland.
According to the criminal complaint, surveillance video shows two people wearing black hoodies approaching Hicks at a bus stop. A struggle began that moved into the street, and the complaint states that one person involved in the tussle later pointed his arm toward Hicks.
Police say the incident was a robbery attempt. Robinson was also shot during the incident and told police that the other person in the video shot Hicks.
After being shot, Hicks returned to the school, where he was found by a staff member. He later died at the hospital.
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Robinson was later found at a home with a gunshot wound to his forearm. He faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted.
Milwaukee police confirmed a second 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with the shooting; however, that person has not yet been charged.
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