2021 Milwaukee shooting, man sentenced to 20 years in prison

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man has been sentenced to decades in prison for a 2021 shooting on the city’s north side.

Demetrius Pearson was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison and 10 years of extended supervision. The 35-year-old was originally charged in the case with, among other things, attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Court records show he pleaded guilty in February to first-degree criminal mischief and possession of a firearm by a felon. A bail charge was dismissed.

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Prosecutors said Pearson shot a woman multiple times in September 2021 at a home near 60th Street and Port.

According to a criminal complaint, the victim was at work but rushed home after a person watching her children said someone was ringing the doorbell. When she got home, the victim said she saw Pearson coming out of the bushes next to the driveway.

Pearson and the victim knew each other, the complaint states. The victim said Pearson asked to speak to her, which she refused. Pearson then said, “I told you I don’t have it all and I’m going to kill you.”

The complaint states that Pearson shot the victim three times. Pearson offered to take the victim to the hospital, she said, but ultimately took her car keys and left without her.

Pearson was convicted of arson in 2015, court documents show. At the time of the shooting, he was serving time in prison for another offense.