Milwaukee shooting: Child shoots child, women sentenced to probation

The Brief

  • Milwaukee police said a 4-year-old shot an 8-year-old in 2024.
  • The second of two women charged in the case has been sentenced to probation.
  • Both women were convicted of child neglect misdemeanors.

MILWAUKEE The second of two Milwaukee women convicted of child neglect after a 4-year-old shot an 8-year-old has now been sentenced to probation.

In court:

Court records show 24-year-old Vanta’jah Westmoreland pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor child neglect counts, and a felony count was dismissed as part of a plea deal on Friday.

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