J’Kari M. Perkins, an 18-year-old senior at Green Tree Preparatory Academy, was fatally shot shortly after midnight on March 29, 2025, in the 6600 block of North 54th Street near West Hassel Lane in Milwaukee’s Graceland neighborhood. He was rushed to a local hospital but could not be saved and was pronounced dead. Initial reports said the shooting appeared to follow an argument and that investigators were seeking unknown suspects; police asked witnesses to come forward.

Subsequent reporting from police, prosecutors and Milwaukee County court records said prosecutors believe the killing occurred during a robbery involving a firearm, and two teenagers were charged in connection with the death. Perkins was born January 8, 2007, and was about two months from graduating. His family and coworkers remembered his humor, quiet nature and plans to buy a car; his funeral was held April 11 at Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home in Milwaukee.

Did anyone in the Graceland neighborhood or at Green Tree Preparatory Academy see or hear anything that night?