19-Year-Old Man Charged In Death Of 4 And 6-Year-Old Children

MILWAUKEE, WI — A 19-year-old Milwaukee man has been arrested and charged after authorities say he's the person responsible in the hit-and-run death that killed a 6-year-old girl, her 4-year-old sister and seriously injured a 10-year-old boy.

According to court documents filed in Milwaukee County on Friday, Daetwan Robinson has been charged with two counts of hit-and-run, resulting in death. Robinson has also been charged with two counts of second-degree reckless homicide, and single counts of second-degree reckless injury and hit-and-run, great bodily harm.

If convicted of all charges against him, Robinson faces up to 77-and-one-half years behind bars in addition to nearly a half-million dollars in fines.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County, at just after 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24, emergency responders were called to the intersection of W. Center Street and N. 22nd Street in Milwaukee on a report of a hit-and-run accident involving multiple children.

First responders reported finding three seriously-injured children lying in the road: a 6-year-old girl who suffered severe head injuries. That girl, later identified as Lisa Zhane Gee, died at the scene of the hit-and-run. Loved ones are now raising money for her family to cover her funeral expenses.

A 4-year-old girl, identified as Lisa's sister A'Mea, was rushed to the hospital with a broken neck and severe head trauma. She died the following Tuesday in the hospital from her injuries, authorities said.

A 10-year-old boy was also rushed to the hospital. According to the criminal complaint, he had a broken pelvis, a spinal injury, lacerations to his spleen and liver and a broken nose. He survived the impact of Robinson's car, but needed surgery.

According to the criminal complaint, police questioned several eyewitnesses of the crash, with each one indicating that Robinson's vehicle - a gray Saturn Aura sedan - sped east on W. Center Street in the bicycle lane. The car struck all three of the children as they were in the crosswalk and going with the traffic signal.

Police say they recovered a video showing the Robinson's flight and collision with the children. According to the criminal complaint, the video showed the children holding hands as they used the crosswalk to cross the street. Police said Robinson's vehicle was moving so fast that it appeared to be fish-tailing and on two wheels moments before impact.

According to the criminal complaint, police said Robinson's vehicle ran head-on into all three children, with two of them sent flying. Robinson "simply continued eastbound," investigators said.

Police said they located a lower grille assembly and a broken piece of a car bumper at the scene. Investigators were able to find a part number on the broken piece, leading them to the make and model of Robinson's car.

According to the criminal complaint, police got a tip that would lead them to Robinson. An anonymous caller told police she saw a similar car for sale online one day before the crash, with the seller identified as Robinson.

Police went to Robinson's house on the 3000 block of N. 13th Street on the morning of Oct. 25, and took him into custody, police said.

Authorities said they found the Saturn in an unusual condition: it appeared to investigators that someone tried wiping fingerprints off the interior of the car, removed the car's window tinting and had partially painted the car with black spray paint, the criminal complaint stated.

Police said Robinson told a friend that he had been in a "fender bender." Robinson reportedly enlisted family to help spray paint the car. According to police, officers arrested Robinson's older brother with black spray paint all over his hands.

According to a CBS 58-TV report, a reporter spoke to the girls' mother days after the crash during a vigil.

"I love my kids," said mom Destiny Foster in the report. "A'Lisa is a great young lady. She made me who I am now. Not just Lisa. My daughter A'Mea, aka 'Snacks'. I just can't believe I'm standing here, right here, talking about this type of stuff."