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Milwaukee girl killed, Henard sentenced
A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Cornell Henard to 15 years in prison in connection with an October 2022 shooting that killed a 12-year-old girl and wounded her mother.
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Cornell Henard on Friday, Oct. 27 to 15 years in prison plus an additional five years of extended supervision in connection with an October 2022 shooting that killed a 12-year-old girl and wounded her mother.
Online court records show Henard pleaded guilty in August to charges of first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
Prosecutors accused Henard along with Benjamin Garrett, 17, in this crime. Garrett pleaded guilty to similar charges in March – and was sentenced in June to 22 years in prison.
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Case details
Milwaukee police responded to the shooting near 37th and Rohr on the evening of Oct. 10, 2022. There, the victims – 12-year-old Olivia Schultz and her mother, Celeste Wilson – were found with gunshot wounds. Schultz later died of her injuries.
Olivia Schultz
A criminal complaint states Wilson told police what happened before the shooting. She'd returned home from grocery shopping and saw "two young males" walking in the alley apparently "looking for something."
Wilson told police, per the complaint, that both young males had masks on. One of the young males pulled his mask down, walked past her car and pulled out a gun. She told him "he did not need to do anything with the gun, that it's not worth it." Wilson's husband and kids – including Schultz – came out to help with the groceries, and the young males walked away.
12-year-old fatally shot near 37th and Rohr, Milwaukee
The complaint states the two young males were "about four houses away," according to Wilson, when the armed young male began to shoot at her and her family. She was shot as she took cover, and saw that her daughter had also been shot.
Wilson's husband told police, per the complaint, that he also saw the young males in the alley and saw one of them pull out a gun. He continued helping with the groceries and, when he came outside, began "arguing with the two males" telling them "there was no reason to have a gun out." He told police he saw one of them raise the gun and fire it multiple times before seeing Schultz and Wilson fall to the ground. The young males then ran off.
12-year-old fatally shot near 37th and Rohr, Milwaukee
An investigation identified Henard and Garrett as the young males in the alley. Prosecutors said Garrett was identified as the alleged shooter from a Facebook photo. When shown a photo array, Wilson identified Garrett as the person who shot her and her daughter.
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During an interview with police, the complaint states Henard initially said he was "not involved in any shooting that happened in an alley." He also said he did not know Garrett by his real name because they "just started hanging out."
Henard told police, per the complaint, that "a guy…went to his house to grab an AR. Then, out of nowhere, dude started shooting. Then we started shooting." Henard initially denied shooting his gun, but later said he fired it two to three times "in the air" behind him as he ran. He also said he "heard a gunshot" before he started shooting but did not know who shot first – "the guy" or Garrett.