Buchanan County Deputies Stop a Suspected Murderer

A late night traffic stop in Brandon led to the capture of a suspected murderer. According to the report by the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened near midnight last Friday, when a deputy stopped a vehicle that had been speeding near Main Street and Branard Street in Brandon.  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 18-year olf Christian Brandon Martin of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Martin was arrested on an active arrest warrant out of Milwaukee County 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 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.