Raymond Wilson Jr., 21, was fatally shot in downtown Milwaukee shortly after 2 a.m. on July 19, 2025, near East Juneau Avenue and North Milwaukee Street/North Broadway, immediately adjacent to the Milwaukee School of Engineering campus. A 15-year-old who was with him was also shot and survived after being taken to a hospital.

Surveillance footage obtained by investigators reportedly captured much of the confrontation. Prosecutors say Wilson, the teenager, and 21-year-old Dominec Deshawn Gaines Jr. came into contact with a group after an earlier encounter in the Water Street entertainment district and that the encounter developed into an attempted robbery. The complaint alleges Wilson and the teenager produced firearms while Gaines grabbed at a person’s pockets. Footage reportedly showed an unidentified individual opening fire and striking Wilson; Wilson then fired back before collapsing as his companions tried to move him toward their vehicle.

Gaines was arrested in connection with the incident, though authorities did not accuse him of firing the shot that killed Wilson. Wilson’s family remembered him as a security worker who wanted to pursue music and as an uncle, brother, son and friend. Does anyone have information about the person seen firing at Wilson or about that night downtown?