GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A 17-year-old awaiting trial on attempted homicide charges now faces new counts for allegedly contacting witnesses about their testimony.
Shaquille Hamilton is scheduled to stand trial June 21 for the September 2019 shooting of Davon Smith on the city’s east side. Hamilton is charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
On Monday, prosecutors added a count of felony intimidation of a witness. An initial court appearance on the charge was scheduled for Monday afternoon.
According to the criminal complaint, police listened to recordings of phone calls Hamilton made from the jail to his brother, instructing him to text potential witnesses in the case.
Among the text allegedly sent at Hamilton’s direction: “You know we can beat this (expletive) if we on the same page but you gotta lmk (let me know), you know?”; and telling another person to “get amnesia” and “death before dishonor.”
In Wisconsin, juveniles ages 10 and up charged with homicide-related counts are charged in adult court.
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