The Brief
- Samuel Dickerson pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide for a fatal March 2025 shooting near Holton and Center in Milwaukee.
- Court filings say surveillance video captured the shooting, and Dickerson was later arrested on a Chicago-bound bus in Madison after cutting his GPS monitor.
- Dickerson is scheduled for sentencing on Feb. 6.
MILWAUKEE – Samuel Dickerson of Milwaukee pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 8 to first-degree intentional homicide in connection with a fatal homicide near Holton and Center in March 2025. A dangerous weapon enhancer tied to that charge was dismissed as was a charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Dickerson is now scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 6.
Case details
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police were dispatched to a shooting near Holton and Center just before 8 p.m. on Sunday, March 16. When officers arrived on the scene, they found a victim lying in the street. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics arrived on the scene and took the shooting victim to the hospital for treatment. Within an hour, the victim was pronounced deceased at Froedtert Hospital.…