A 19-year-old Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for fatally shooting an 18-year-old Assata High School student who was gunned down after an early dismissal last November, then ran back to his school seeking help before he died. Jaqwone Robinson was 17 at the time of the shooting that killed Na’Mar Hicks, and he was sentenced earlier this month after pleading guilty to a reduced charge in the case.
Robinson was sentenced Oct. 16 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, according to jsonline.com. He will serve seven years of extended supervision once he is released from prison, and he received credit for 344 days already served. As part of a plea agreement, Robinson pleaded guilty in August to a reduced charge of second-degree reckless homicide with use of a dangerous weapon, down from the original charge of first-degree reckless homicide he faced after his arrest in November 2025.
An Early Dismissal Turns Deadly
The shooting unfolded Nov. 14, 2025, the day Assata High School held an early dismissal, according to CBS 58. Hicks left the building after dismissal and was shot nearby before making his way back to the school to seek help. His return to campus prompted staff to place Assata High School into lockdown, the station reported. CBS 58, citing Milwaukee police, reported the shooting happened near North Hopkins and West Glendale Avenue around 11:51 a.m., while other accounts place the shooting near Hopkins Street and Courtland Avenue — a discrepancy that has not been resolved across reporting on the case.
School staff called 911, and Hicks was taken to a hospital with serious injuries before he later died from the shooting. According to WTMJ, a criminal complaint described a struggle involving Robinson, Hicks and another suspect at a bus stop near Hopkins Street and Courtland Avenue, about two blocks from the high school. The outlet jsonline.com, however, placed the struggle at a bus stop on the 4600 block of North Hopkins Street, while WISN reported the shooting happened near 36th Street and Courtland Avenue — accounts that conflict on the precise location.
Surveillance Video and a Struggle on the Street
Surveillance video reviewed by investigators showed Hicks walking to the Hopkins and Courtland intersection and stopping there, and prosecutors said two people wearing black hoodies then approached him. A criminal complaint described a struggle involving Hicks and two people that spilled into the street and onto the sidewalk. Court filings said Hicks fell and that a person who had tussled with him appeared to point an arm toward him, after which that person ran north on Hopkins while another person ran down Courtland.
Officers were called to a home at Hopkins and Hampton, where prosecutors said Robinson was found with a gunshot wound to the arm. Robinson was shot and taken to a hospital and into custody; the outlet WTMJ reported he was shot in the forearm during the struggle. Robinson told police he had been with friends when someone tried to rob him, and officers found a black ski mask and black hooded sweatshirt discarded in trash behind the home, which Robinson identified as his own.
Robinson's Denial and the Plea Deal
Robinson identified himself in the surveillance video as the person tussling with Hicks but denied shooting him, instead claiming that another person with him had a gun and fired it, according to the same WTMJ report. A second 17-year-old was also arrested in connection with the shooting, though that teenager had not been charged as of WTMJ's report. WISN separately reported on the arrest of a second teen in connection with the case.
Milwaukee County Judge Joseph Robinson ordered restitution of $4,848 as part of the sentence. Information for the case came from the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, the Wisconsin circuit court system and the Milwaukee Police Department. Reporting on the sentencing was first compiled by FOX6 News Milwaukee.
