L-R: Dion Richardson, Elijah White and Nigel White (Photos courtesy: Brown County Jail)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – One of the suspects in an August drug deal-related murder pleaded not guilty Tuesday.
Nigel White, 22, is charged with being party to first-degree intentional homicide and several other counts for the Aug. 7 shooting of Brandon Ramirez on Berner Street.
No trial date was set. He returns to court March 4 for a status conference.
Three others are also charged being party to first-degree intentional homicide, and other counts:
- Dion Richardson, 18, has a status conference is set for Jan. 31.
- Elijah White, 18, has a competency hearing is set for Feb. 21.
- Darian Pinchart, 19, has a plea hearing April 7.
Richardson told police he made a deal to buy a half-pound of marijuana from Ramirez for $430.
“Dion told me everything happened so fast and the gun was on his head and he grabbed it. Dion said again he pointed the gun at him and told him to give me all that, give me that cash… Dion said once they got to Berner he pointed the gun right at him and the girl hoped over and started driving off while he was tussling over the gun. While tussling the gun went off, he hoped out the car, started rolling, hurt his leg and was limping when he went to Darian’s house,” a complaint states.
However, the woman who was driving the vehicle gave a different version. She was on Berner Street when another person entered the car.
“She heard the man behind her immediately say, “Don’t Move” and observed a black gun raised between her and (Ramirez) who was seated in the front passenger seat. (The woman) heard a gunshot and said the noise deafened her right ear and caused her to panic, suddenly realized (Ramirez) was shot in the head,” the complaint states.
Ramirez died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the autopsy cited in the complaint.
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