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Water Street Shooting Suspect Makes First Court Appearance With $250,000 Bail Set

Prosecutors point to surveillance video, a broken necklace, with a preliminarily matched handgun as key evidence.

Overview

  • Deonta Rashad Harmon, 18, appeared in Milwaukee County court for the first time, where a commissioner set bail at $250,000 on homicide, injury, and felon-in-possession charges.
  • The criminal complaint says gunfire near North Water and East Knapp streets left Dylan Jackson, 22, dead and wounded two others in the downtown bar district.
  • Detectives say surveillance footage showed a man wearing a Cuban link chain, which a probation agent identified as Harmon after reviewing the video.
  • Police arrested Harmon at his mother's home and recovered a black 9mm handgun with an extended magazine, which detectives say preliminarily matched six spent casings from the scene.
  • Court records show Harmon was convicted of felony substantial battery four days before the shooting, which prosecutors cite as the basis for the felon-in-possession count in this case.