2 charged in connection with fatal shooting of 16-year-old Emani Robinson

In the video, 16-year-old Emani Robinson looks frozen in shock as a gun battle breaks out in front of him.

The teen was standing outside a corner store at N. 39th and W. Center streets on June 25 when he was shot, caught in the crossfire.

He died the next day.

Now, two people have been charged in connection with his death.

Tomaz Robinson, 28, faces a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, while Jamarr Hicks, 29, has been charged with harboring or aiding a felon.

Hicks admitted to driving Robinson, nicknamed "Mack," and a man he didn't know to the store and said both men fired shots toward a man wearing a green shirt, according to the criminal complaint.

Hicks said after the shooting that Mack and the other man wiped down the seats and the doors of the car, court records show.

Investigators reviewed video from the corner store and a nearby Milwaukee County bus. They saw a man in a white shirt — later identified as Robinson — get out of a black Chevy Impala and walk past Emani and another man to go into the store, the complaint says.

When the man in the white shirt came back outside, he turned and shot at the other man, who returned fire. In court documents, investigators say Emani appears to freeze briefly before trying to run away.

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When Robinson was interviewed by detectives, he claimed he was confronted by people at the store and the man in the green shirt fired first, according to the complaint.

Robinson also was charged in a robbery that occurred the day before the shooting. He is accused of stealing an amplifier, bank card and cash from a man in the 2400 block of N. 32nd St. and then fleeing from police in a maroon car.

Police chased the car, which crashed near N. 47th and W. Center streets. The driver ran away and police found Robinson's fingerprints on the driver's side door and his photo ID inside the car, the complaint says.

Robinson remained in Milwaukee County Jail Thursday on $60,000 bail and is due back in court Aug. 16. Hicks is scheduled to return to court Friday for his arraignment.

During a community prayer walk and vigil earlier this month, Emani was remembered a quick-witted and joyful teen who loved sports.

"He was like electricity. You stood next to him, you felt the jolt," said Tyrone Davis, a family friend. "He was a great kid."