BUCHANAN COUNTY – He thought he could race through Iowa to outrun his alleged deeds by the big lake, but Iowa cops were ready to nab this murder suspect.
On Friday, November 29, 2024 at approximately 11:55 PM, a Buchanan County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a vehicle speeding near Main Street and Branard Street in Brandon. Subsequently, the Deputy made a traffic stop.
During interaction with the vehicle’s occupants, deputies detected the odor of a controlled substance and obtained and ran the driver and passenger’s personal information. It was learned that one of the passengers had an active arrest warrant out of Wisconsin. Accordingly, Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Christian Brandon Martin (pictured at top), 18, of Milwaukee, WI. Martin was arrested on an active arrest warrant out of Milwaukee County, WI for an original charge of first degree Intentional Homicide (class A felony). Martin had been charged in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred on Monday, October 28th in Milwaukee. In that incident, a 15-year-old boy died as a result of the shooting.
Martin was transported to the Buchanan County Jail and held for extradition to Milwaukee. Further charges are pending for controlled substance violations in Buchanan County related to the traffic stop.