18-year-old Christian Brandon Martin, A Milwaukee Homicide Suspect Taken Into Custody And Booked At The Buchanan County Sheriff's Jail In Iowa

Martin in custody in Iowa, he is wanted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the cold blooded homicide of López Correa, 15, in the Southside.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 30, 2024

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Saturday, the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office in Iowa reported that a Milwaukee homicide fugitive Christian Brandon Martin, 18, had been booked at the Buchanan County jail, awaiting extradition to Wisconsin. Martin is wanted for the October 28, 2024 cold blooded homicide of Nelson Manuel López Correa, 15, in the Southside of Milwaukee.

Martin allegedly shot López Correa once in the side of the head (the 9mm shot entered the left temporal scalp and exited on the right temporal scalp) at the 1600 block of W. Forest Home Ave. while talking to a female that used to date Martin .

López Correa's family held a protest/march against gun violence at the Milwaukee Police Department District 2 Station and sought justice for López Correa.

Martin was charged in Milwaukee County on November 8, 2024 with 1st-degree intentional homicide including use of a dangerous weapon. If convicted, Martin is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The Buchanan County Sheriff's Office released the following press release regarding Martin's arrest.

MEDIA RELEASE

On Friday, November 29, 2024 at approximately 11:55 pm, a Buchanan County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a vehicle speeding near Main Street and Branard Street in Brandon.  Subsequently, the Deputy made a traffic stop.  During interaction with the vehicle’s occupants, Deputies detected the odor of a controlled substance and obtained and ran the driver and passenger’s personal information.  It was learned that one of the passengers had an active arrest warrant out of Wisconsin.  Accordingly, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Christian Brandon Martin, 18, of Milwaukee, WI.  Martin was arrested on an active arrest warrant out of Milwaukee County, WI for an original charge of first degree Intentional Homicide (class A felony).  Martin had been charged in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Monday, October 28th in Milwaukee.  In that incident, a 15-year-old boy died as a result of the shooting.  Martin was transported to the Buchanan County Jail and held for extradition to Milwaukee.  Further charges are pending for controlled substance violations in Buchanan County related to the traffic stop.