The Brief
- Jaden Jenkins-Delane was sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison for the accidental fatal shooting of his friend, Christopher Carter, in January 2025.
- Jenkins-Delane admitted the gun discharged while he was clearing the chamber.
- Jenkins-Delane pleaded guilty to homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon after initially giving police conflicting accounts of the event.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Jaden Jenkins-Delane on Friday, Jan. 16, to three-and-a-half years in prison plus another three years and three months of extended supervision in connection with the killing of a friend in January 2025.
Jenkins-Delane pleaded guilty in November to homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon. A second charge of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 was dismissed and read into the court record.
Case details
What we know:
Police said the 18-year-old victim was shot near 60th and Sheridan on Jan. 9, 2025 – it was Milwaukee‘s first homicide of the year. The victim, later identified as Christopher Carter, died at a hospital a few hours later.…