Two men were fatally shot in Old North Milwaukee in the early morning hours of July 22, 2025. Julius Arberry, 50, and his friend Donald McGraw II, 49, were found after neighbors reported hearing several gunshots near North 41st Street and West Glendale Avenue. Arberry was lying on the sidewalk in front of the residence where his family said he lived; McGraw was found on or near the porch steps. Both were pronounced dead and later identified by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Neighbors described the pair as familiar faces who generally kept to themselves and said they had apparently been spending time outside before the shooting. The department appealed for witnesses and anonymous tips through Milwaukee Crime Stoppers.

The shootings heightened concern about violence at 41st and Glendale; an unrelated fatal shooting had occurred near that location about two months earlier, but authorities had not linked the incidents. Does anyone who was in the area that night or who knew Julius or Donald have information to share with investigators?