The Brief
- A man has been sentenced to probation for a shooting outside the Brown Deer Walmart.
- The 21-year-old was found guilty at trial last month.
- Prosecutors said he told investigators he was defending himself because he “got jumped.”
BROWN DEER, Wis. – A former Walmart employee convicted in a March shooting outside the Brown Deer store was sentenced to two years of probation on Monday.
Carlton Young, 21, was found guilty at trial in September of second-degree reckless injury and endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon.
Case details
The shooting happened around 3:15 p.m. on March 1 at the store near 64th and Brown Deer. Police said they were first called for a fight – but learned shots were fired in the parking lot while officers were on the way.
Upon arrival at the scene, witnesses told police that the shooter ran off. Police said the people involved in the fight also left the scene; according to a criminal complaint, bullets struck their car as they drove away. Five spent bullet casings were found at the scene.
A Walmart employee told investigators that Young – another employee of the store – got into a fight with two people in the customer service area, per the complaint. After the fight was broken up, that employee said the group left and Young followed them into the parking lot and shot at their SUV from just outside the exit doors.…