Milwaukee man accused of shooting man, carjacking vehicle, driving off with 2-year-old

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- A 29-year-old Milwaukee man is accused shooting a man while in a vehicle, then driving off with a 2-year-old boy in the back of the car.

Police were dispatched to Froedtert Hospital on Jan. 7 about a shooting victim with a gunshot wound to the back of his head.

The complaint says he indicated to officers that he called Christian “because the defendant owed him $40 and because (he) wanted him to convert and reprogram a Fire Stick.”

The victim told police he drove with his girlfriend and her 2-year-old nephew to Christian's house on W. Spencer Place in Milwaukee. Christian “entered the vehicle and sat in the rear seat behind the driver, (the shooting victim), and next to the 2-year-old,” the complaint says.

Moments later, the complaint says Christian was supposed to hand the victim's girlfriend $60, but during the process of the transaction, the victim “heard a gunshot and his head was violently pushed forward.”

The complaint says the girlfriend of the victim told police Christian drove away with the 2-year-old boy still inside the vehicle.

According to the complaint, officers were later dispatched to the Walmart near 70th and Main. A caller “stated that a man had intentionally left a child at the store.” Officers located the child “as well as surveillance video depicting the suspect and the child as well as the suspect vehicle.”

Officers spoke with a friend of the defendant who “told police that the defendant admitted to shooting (the victim) and taking the vehicle with (the 2-year-old boy) still in it.”

On Jan. 9, police spotted the vehicle near 48th and Chambers in Milwaukee with "a single bullet hole strike to the front driver's side window. Officers also observed a liquid substance in the front interior and a bottle of bleach on the ground outside the vehicle.”

Joshua Christian was charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, armed carjacking, and possession of a firearm by a felon.