Antonio Homan, a Chicago resident, is headed to prison for 14 years, followed by a decade of extended supervision, for his role in the 2021 death of 1-year-old Zion Price. The sentence came down Friday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court after Homan entered guilty pleas earlier this month to amended charges related to the child’s fatal injuries. Court records and local reporting state that Price was rushed to the hospital in late September 2021 and died days later after being removed from life support, as reported by FOX6 Milwaukee.
According to FOX6 Milwaukee, Homan pleaded guilty on March 13 to second-degree reckless homicide and neglecting a child (consequence is bodily harm). Those counts replaced an original first-degree reckless homicide charge that carried significantly higher potential penalties. FOX6 reports that at Friday’s hearing, the judge ordered 14 years of initial confinement plus 10 years of extended supervision, and that the station relied on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access and the criminal complaint to piece together the case.
What prosecutors say
Prosecutors and court filings describe a frantic 911 call from a home near North 67th Street and Lisbon Avenue on Sept. 30, 2021, where first responders found a 1-year-old unresponsive and rushed him to Children’s Wisconsin. Medical evaluations documented bilateral subdural and retinal hemorrhages and other catastrophic brain injuries that doctors said were consistent with abusive head trauma. Days later, the child was removed from life support. Those details appear in court documents and in a published opinion from the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, with the Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion and the criminal complaint outlining both the medical findings and the scene described to investigators.
What Homan told police
According to the criminal complaint, Homan told detectives he became frustrated when the child started crying, picked him up and “shook” him, and then saw the baby stop breathing. He said he tried CPR and called the child’s mother instead of dialing 911 right away. Homan also told police the boy’s head “snapped” back while he was shaking him. Appellate judges, reviewing pretrial motions, summarized those statements in the record, and court documents note that these admissions became a central part of the prosecution’s case.
Legal background and appeals
Homan was first charged with first-degree reckless homicide, a far more serious count, and his defense team attempted to call a biomechanical expert for trial testimony. The trial court blocked that expert, finding the proposed methodology unreliable for this case, and an October 2025 Court of Appeals opinion later agreed with that call. The appellate record shows that Homan fought those pretrial rulings before ultimately choosing to plead guilty this month. Justia carries a summary of the appellate decision and the reasoning behind the expert’s exclusion.
Aftermath
With the guilty pleas and sentencing now in place, prosecutors say the case that began with the child’s September 2021 hospitalization and death has reached its legal conclusion. Court filings list the matter as Milwaukee County Circuit Court case number 2021CF4176. Initial coverage of the 2021 arrest and homicide ruling came from outlets including TMJ4 and CBS58. Details on the plea date, sentencing and overall timeline are drawn from FOX6 Milwaukee and public court records.
