2 teens were killed at a Milwaukee McDonald's in 2022. Another teen confesses to his role in the crime.
A 16-year-old Milwaukee boy confessed to his role in a shooting inside a McDonald's restaurant nearly two years ago that left two other teens dead.
Prosecutors charged Robert D. Johnson as an adult with first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime in the May 7, 2022, shooting at the eatery at 49th Street and Hampton Avenue.
Johnson was 14 at the time of the shooting. He pleaded guilty to the charge Monday before Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Jean Marie Kies.
Who were the victims?
William Harrison Jr., 15, and Javarius D. Fowler, 16, were killed in the shooting. Another teen, a 14-year-old boy, also was injured in the incident, but survived.
What's next for Robert D. Johnson?
Johnson will be sentenced March 25.
Here's what happened that day
Police and prosecutors were aided in the investigation of the shooting by surveillance video that was recorded inside the restaurant as the shooting unfolded.
According to a criminal complaint, Fowler entered with three other teens and sat at a booth. Johnson and two other people went in shortly afterwards and walked past the teens. Johnson walked back toward them with a handgun.
At some point, Johnson raised a gun to Fowler's head. Fowler pushed it away, then pulled a handgun from his pants, according to the complaint.
That's when shots were exchanged between the two teens, the complaint said.
The four teens, including Johnson, were hit by gunfire.
Under Wisconsin law, 17-year-olds are charged as adults. Children age 10 and older may be charged as adults for some serious crimes.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Teen pleads guilty in shooting that killed 2 at a Milwaukee McDonald's
