MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – A 22-year-old Milwaukee man has been convicted of killing 13-month-old Bill Thao, while firing bullets that were meant to be shot at a neighbor’s house.
A jury deliberated for two hours Thursday, before it found Darmequaye Cohill guilty of being parties to reckless homicide and reckless endangerment. He’s scheduled to be sentenced January 14th.
Police say the toddler was playing with toys when Cohill and two others fired shots into his house the day after Christmas last year.
His ex-girlfriend says the events were triggered by an argument she had with Cohill because he was seeing another woman. She made posts on social media which resulted in a rival dealer selling heroin to one of Cohill’s customers — and the shootings were intended for the rival’s house.
Online court records show that Cohill still has trials scheduled in late January and early February on two other charges — conspiracy to commit forcible armed robbery, and possessing heroin with the intent to sell it.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
