A year after 15-year-old Nelson Manuel Lopez-Correa was shot and killed near 16th and Forest Home in Milwaukee, his family finally has justice. On Wednesday, Christian Martin was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide in the teenager’s death.
Prayer candles buried in snow, deflated balloons, and pictures mark the memorial site where Lopez Correa was shot on October 28, 2024. The teenager succumbed to his injuries three days later at the Children’s Hospital.
“So we’re happy we got justice, but there’s still an empty space in our heart that we are never going to get back,” said Luis Correa, the victim’s uncle.
Prosecutors said Martin was caught on camera shooting Lopez Correa. The conviction brings some closure to a family that has endured a year of grief…