Xzavier A. Starks, 34, was shot and killed during the early morning hours of May 18, 2025, on Milwaukee’s north side. Police were called about 4:15 a.m. to the area near North 31st Street and West Burleigh Street after a citizen reported a body. Starks was found with fatal gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene; the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds.

Evidence gathered at and after the scene led investigators to focus on a Milwaukee man, Anthony Washington. Detectives recovered two spent 9mm casings and a deformed bullet where Starks’ body was found and located Starks’ vehicle a few blocks away with what appeared to be dried blood on the driver’s seat and center console. Starks’ cellphone activity and surveillance footage tracked the phone onto a city bus and later into footage showing a man identified as Washington involved in a gunfire exchange. Officers executed search warrants at Washington’s residence and a relative’s home, recovering Starks’ identification, blood-stained shoes and jeans, and a 9mm handgun that prosecutors say matched the casings from the scene. Washington was charged with first-degree intentional homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon; a cash bond was set and a preliminary hearing scheduled.

No motive has been disclosed. Can anyone who knew Starks or saw activity in the North 31st and Burleigh area the morning of May 18 provide information?