A Milwaukee County courtroom handed down a decision on Tuesday that is turning heads downtown: Dominec Gaines Jr. was given seven years of probation in a shooting near the Milwaukee School of Engineering that left one man dead and a teenager wounded.
Gaines had been found guilty in March on an amended charge of attempted armed robbery as a party to a crime. The judge had initially ordered a 10-year prison term plus eight years of extended supervision, then stayed that 18-year sentence and replaced it with straight probation. The July 2025 shooting was captured on nearby surveillance cameras.
According to FOX6 Milwaukee, the ruling came Tuesday after the court reviewed Gaines’ role in the incident and the amended charge. The station reports that its account is based on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access records and the criminal complaint.
Video Shows Alleged Robbery Move, Then Gunfire
Surveillance footage described in court records shows Gaines, a 15-year-old, and the eventual victim walking “with purpose” through the intersection of Juneau and Milwaukee streets shortly before the shooting, according to TMJ4…