Kevin B. Bubbs Lewis, a 39-year-old Black man from Milwaukee, was fatally wounded in a burst of gunfire outside ELMNT Lounge in downtown Milwaukee shortly after midnight on July 12, 2025. The shooting near North Water and East Michigan streets struck five people; 52-year-old Antwan Tweezy Hogans died at the scene and Lewis was taken to a hospital where he died later that morning. Three others in their 30s survived with nonfatal wounds. Lewis left behind two sons.

Investigators say surveillance footage and vehicle-tracking data showed a Jeep and a Dodge making coordinated U-turns and returning to the crowd outside the lounge, then pulling alongside and discharging weapons.

Prosecutors charged 24-year-old Justin Jamari Smith in April 2026 with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide and three counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, filed as party to a crime. Court filings allege Smith exited the Jeep and fired on the crowd, was struck in the arm during the incident, and later arrived at a hospital claiming an unrelated shooting that investigators questioned. Bail was set at $500. Was anyone who knew Kevin Bubbs Lewis at ELMNT Lounge that night or who has information about the vehicles seen on surveillance willing to come forward?