19yearold convicted in fatal 2025 Highway 172 shooting
Sep 30, 2026
A 19-year-old man has been convicted of the shooting and killing of a 60-year-old man on Highway 172 in Ashwaubenon in August of 2025.Court records show a plea hearing was held Tuesday for Ji-Gwe-Mko Layton at the Brown County C
ourthouse, where he was convicted of second-degree intentional homicide with the use of a dangerous weapon. The 19-year-old was originally charged with first-degree intentional homicide for the murder.Layton was arrested last August while carrying a gun in a ditch near the I-41 and Highway 172 interchange. According to a criminal complaint, Layton admitted to officers that he shot and killed a 60-year-old man because he believed the man was going to rob his safe.A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 5.
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