Martell Haire, 38, pleaded not guilty Thursday and was ordered to stand trial after a March 19 hearing in Milwaukee. The case centers on an Oct. 20, 2025 shooting near 79th Street and Hampton Avenue that killed 16-year-old Marquis Champion and wounded two other teenagers. The preliminary hearing capped months of investigation that ended with an out-of-state arrest last November, as reported by the Milwaukee Police Department.
Prosecutors’ account of the shooting
According to prosecutors, Haire went to a home on the 7900 block of W. Hampton Avenue on the night of Oct. 20 and got into an argument after allegedly making comments about young women at the gathering. The criminal complaint says Haire walked back into the kitchen, pulled out a small black…..