Shaquill Emann Madison, 33, known as Shaq and DJ Reckless, was killed during a chaotic early-morning shooting at a poker game on October 18, 2025, at a residence on the 7900 block of West Appleton Avenue in Milwaukee. The gathering had run through the night; about 10 people attended though most had left before the shooting. Two men, Madison and Dwayne Carter, were fatally shot; Madison stumbled from the front entrance and later died at a hospital, while Carter was pronounced dead inside the basement.

According to the criminal complaint, the shooting began after the power went out and someone wearing a ski mask and dark clothing ran toward the house with a rifle. Surveillance footage showed a heavy-set masked person enter for only seconds and then flee. Donovan Jones, who had been at the game, told investigators he hid in the basement, chambered a round and fired repeatedly at a silhouette he thought was an intruder. Ballistics linked nine spent 9mm casings at the scene to Jones’s handgun. Jones was charged with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide and pleaded not guilty; prosecutors later also identified a second defendant, Mackenzie Burse, suspected of being the masked intruder and charged in the alleged attempted robbery and related counts.