Martin is scheduled for an initial hearing on Thursday for the homicide of López Correa in Milwaukee County.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
December 11, 2024
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, Christian Brandon Martin, 18, was extradited to Milwaukee from Iowa and booked at the Milwaukee County jail. Martin was 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 .
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 in Iowa on November 29th.
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.
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