articleThe Brief The mother and uncle of 6-year-old Da'quel Collins have been sentenced in connection to the boy's April 2025 shooting death. The mother and uncle of Da'quel Collins, a 6-year-old Milwaukee boy who got ahold of a gun and shot himself last year, have now been sentenced. One man, later identified as Quintell Collins, ran into an alley and put a gun underneath a garbage can. Dig deeper:Milwaukee police received a tip two days after the shooting that Quintell Collins was at a home near 38th and Glendale. She said she bought it for Quintell Collins, a convicted felon, because he "be into it with people" and "wanted to feel protected."