MILWAUKEE (Court TV) — A Wisconsin courtroom was filled with yelling and screaming as a judge sentenced a mother whose 6-year-old son shot himself with her gun to prison instead of probation.
Daquela Collins appears at sentencing on July 16, 2026. (Court TV)
Daquela Collins, 27, pleaded guilty to charges of neglecting a child with a consequence of bodily harm as a party to a crime and straw purchasing of a firearm on the day her jury trial was scheduled to begin.
Daquela Collins was charged in connection with the death of her son, Da’quel Collins, who was killed on April 1, 2025 — just three days shy of his 7th birthday. Da’quel was killed when he shot himself while playing with a gun that had been left within arm’s reach at his home…