MILWAUKEE(Washington Insider Magazine) – According to a complaint filed, a suspect detained in the deadly shooting of a fifteen-year-old Milwaukee girl told authorities it was the 1st instance he had ever shot a firearm.
According to authorities, Marcellus Duckworth, 23, of Milwaukee, was booked with 1st-degree negligent murder in the killing of Gabby Landry, a 15-year-old girl.
During an altercation in the Silver Spring area of North Milwaukee on Feb. 13, Landry was in the passenger seat of a vehicle when Duckworth reportedly discharged a revolver into the car.
Landry was confirmed dead at a hospital later that day.
According to the charging documents acquired by ABC affiliate station WISN in Milwaukee, when Duckworth discovered that a teen girl in the car had been fatally shot, he allegedly told investigators that he did not mean to do it but also that it was his 1st time firing a gun and that there were no justifications.
According to the police complaint, the defendant informed officers he was shooting at a tire on the car when he apparently shot.
Duckworth was being kept in prison on $50,000 bail when she went on trial on Friday.
According to the complaint, the altercation began after Duckworth’s girlfriend posted an Instagram post on selling footwear and received a response from a woman claiming to have had a connection with Duckworth and was going to his house to fight.
According to the complaint, when the lady arrived at Duckworth’s residence with Landry and another teen, she reportedly destroyed Duckworth’s girlfriend’s car before confronting them with a revolver.
According to the complaint, when the lady began to drive away, Duckworth and his girlfriend pursued them on foot, and Duckworth reportedly shot at the vehicle, hitting Landry.
Landry’s killing is the most recent in a string of homicides in Milwaukee which have just resulted in the deaths of youngsters. The incident occurred only 3 days after Jada Clay, 10, was tragically shot in her home by her mother, Henrietta Rogers, who was booked with reckless murder.
Tiana Huddleston, 8, was one of the victims of another child-killing. She was reportedly killed on January 2 by her father, Michael Huddleston, who stated it was an accident, according to authorities. Huddleston was convicted of homicide by recklessness.
