In the early hours of July 23, 2025, 25-year-old Nakia Nick Thacker was shot and killed inside his Milwaukee home near 84th and Fairmount. Thacker was awakened at about 1:30 a.m. by someone attempting to break into his car in the building’s parking lot. After he yelled from his window for the person to leave his vehicle, shots were fired into the residence; one bullet struck Thacker and killed him at the scene. His girlfriend was reportedly in the same room when the shots came through the window.

Thacker is described as a loving father of two young daughters; his eldest would have turned six two weeks after the killing. A memorial of candles and pictures was placed on the windowsill beneath the visible bullet hole. As of early September 2025, no arrests had been announced and the Milwaukee Police Department’s investigation remained active. Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities.