By Chris Spangler
A 16-year-old Fitchburg boy has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide following a shooting at a town of Sumner rental home last week.
Daiqwaun S. Lucas of Fitchburg was waived into adult court and is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on $1 million bond in connection with the Tuesday, Aug. 9, fatal shooting of a female.
A competency hearing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 29, before Branch 3 Judge Robert F. Dehring Jr.
The victim’s identity has not been released.
According to the criminal complaint filed with the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office on Aug. 12, at 12:15 a.m. on Aug. 9, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting that a female had been shot at a rental property on Lake Drive near the Jefferson-Dane county line.
Deputy Daniel Heinrich responded and, while enroute to the house, he saw a black male wearing a red tracksuit walking north on Bingham Road. Arriving at the scene, the deputy talked to a witness who said the shooter was a black male wearing all red clothing.
“Deputy Heinrich returned to the road in his squad and located the same male continuing to walk northbound on Bingham Road, just past Olson Road,” the complaint states. “Deputy Heinrich and Deputy (Katie) Ritzman conducted a high-risk stop and placed the male under arrest …”
Returning to the scene, deputies reportedly located a deceased female in an upstairs bedroom. She appeared to have been shot in the head and was lying on the ground, hunched over, resting against the wall next to the doorway.
“Deputy (Scott) Gukich observed a shell casing lying in the middle of the hallway near the bedroom door, and a second shell casing in the laundry room,” according to the complaint.
A witness reportedly told Deputy Heinrich that the home was being rented to celebrate a deceased nephew’s birthday and that everyone was eating, drinking and celebrating throughout the evening.
At approximately 11:30 p.m., a witness and her cousin reportedly were pulling out of the driveway to drive to a gas station when her son ran out of the house, screaming at them to come back inside, according to the complaint.
The witness “stated that she could hear people yelling as she approached the house and heard people screaming that her nephew, Daiqwaun, killed (the female victim),” the complaint states. The witness “stated that she went upstairs and saw (the victim) deceased.”
She reportedly said other people in the house were trying to keep Daiqwaun in the garage area.
The complaint states that Detective Kevin Doebereiner spoke with Lucas’ mother, who said she was on the first floor when she heard two shots and saw people running down the stairs.
“She approached Daiqwaun and said, ‘What was that noise?’ At the same time, she heard the kids saying that Daiqwaun killed (the victim). (The mother) stated that she started to hit Daiqwaun over and over, saying ‘What did you do?’ (She) stated that she went upstairs and saw (the victim) lying on the ground,” the complaint reads.
Meanwhile, some people reportedly were trying to hold Lucas down, but he was able to run out of the house.
The complaint reports that Lucas’ sibling told detectives that he was playing hide-and-seek and was behind Daiqwaun when he heard two bangs saw Daiqwaun shoot the victim. He also said he heard some metal drop and thought it was the sound of the shell casings hitting something.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Wisconsin State Patrol, the Edgerton Police Department and EMS, and the Jefferson County Medical Examiner.
An autopsy was conducted Aug. 10 by the Medical Examiner’s Office of Milwaukee. The medical examiner noted that the victim was shot twice in the back of the head. During the autopsy, bullet fragments were recovered.
Conditions of Lucas’ $1 million bail include that he not discuss the facts or circumstances of case with family members, not possess any dangerous weapons as defined by statute or ammunition, and not leave the State of Wisconsin.
Conviction of the intentional-homicide charge, a Class A felony, carries a sentence of life in prison.
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