The Brief A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to prison for a 2024 liquor store homicide. DeAndre Williams was previously named one of  Wisconsin's Most Wanted.  Investigators said the homicide of a loved one preceded the shooting at the liquor store.



A Milwaukee man who was previously named one of  Wisconsin's Most Wanted  has been sentenced to prison for a 2024 liquor store homicide.

Prison sentence

In court:

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office charged DeAndre Williams, 23, with first-degree reckless homicide in September 2024. He was on the run for months, but U.S. Marshals said he surrendered after seeing himself on  Wisconsin's Most Wanted  in February 2025.

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Court records show Williams pleaded guilty to the homicide charge in June. On Thursday, Milwaukee County Judge Michelle Havas sentenced him to 30 years in prison, with credit for nearly two years' time served, and 10 years of extended supervision.

DeAndre Williams

Liquor store shooting

The backstory:

Milwaukee police were called to a liquor store near 23rd and Capitol on the night of Sept. 23, 2024. The victim, who was still conscious at that time, told an officer that someone shot him in the back. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead less than an hour later. The medical examiner's office identified him as 41-year-old Romell Campbell.

Detectives watched surveillance video from the liquor store. Prosecutors said it showed Campbell walk out of the store to smoke a cigarette around 7:53 p.m. The suspect went into the store minutes later and could be heard making comments to nobody in particular that a 51-year-old  just wacked [sic] my brother. 

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Fatal shooting near 23rd and Capitol (Sept. 23, 2024)

The complaint states the suspect then pulled a mask over his nose, bought liquor, and said his  brother  was the only thing he had left. He then walked toward the door, kicked it, looked toward Campbell and said  What the (expletive) you looking a
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