Four-year-old Jainadia Little, a Black girl from Milwaukee, died after being shot inside a residence near North 39th Street and West Sheridan Avenue the night of February 17, 2025. Emergency calls began about 9:45 p.m.; family members transported Jainadia for treatment and she was pronounced dead about 2:56 a.m. on February 18. The fatal wound was a gunshot to the chest.

Investigators focused on a back bedroom where a deflated air mattress with blood spatter and a hole was found. A spent 7.62x39 casing was recovered on the mattress, and mail addressed to Anthony Brookshire was located in the same room. Authorities say Brookshire later acknowledged storing a Draco-style firearm under pillows on that mattress and that Derreanna Little initially gave differing accounts while screaming for help on the 911 call.

Police recovered a loaded Taurus 9mm and a Draco-style semiautomatic capable of firing 7.62x39 rounds; an empty drum magazine and two extended magazines were also seized. Investigators allege the firearm connected to Jainadia’s wound was moved after the shooting and that Brookshire had attempted to put the weapon into a bag. Both adults were arrested. If anyone knew Jainadia or saw activity near North 39th and West Sheridan that night, please come forward with information.