The Brief
- James Mann Jr. was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2025 shooting death of Carl Thurmond
- Police identified Mann after he dropped his cellphone at the scene.
- Surveillance footage captured the shooting
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee County judge sentenced James Mann Jr. on Friday, March 13, to 30 years in prison plus an additional 15 years of extended supervision in connection with a fatal shooting near MLK and Concordia in February 2025.
James Mann Jr. reached a plea deal in his case on Monday, Feb. 2. He pleaded no contest to a charge of first-degree reckless homicide. A second charge of possession of a firearm by a felon was dismissed and read into the court record for the purposes of sentencing.
Case details
The backstory:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to the area near MLK Jr. Drive and Concordia Avenue for a shooting on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Officers located the victim, later identified as Carl Thurmond, laying on the sidewalk just to the south of a liquor store. Life-saving measures were attempted, but Thurmond died from his injuries.…