Jaquan Calhoun, a 25-year-old Black man, was fatally shot inside Chicken Palace on the 1100 block of Washington Avenue in Racine shortly before 5:30 p.m. on November 2, 2025. Officers found him with multiple gunshot wounds after reports of gunfire at Washington Avenue and 11th Street; he was taken to Ascension All Saints Hospital and died of his injuries. Contemporary family coverage identified him as Jaquan, though some later reports spelled his first name Jaquon.

Owner Marcela Rodriguez said a gunman rushed through the restaurant door and fired throughout the business, with roughly 24 shots estimated and numerous bullet holes left in walls, windows and equipment. Calhoun’s cousin Von Marshall said he had been expecting his first child and was focused on caring for his wife and baby. Police later linked the killing to an earlier homicide on November 1 and described the incidents and subsequent gunfire as gang- or group-related violence, but they did not say Calhoun was a gang member.

Three arrests were made in connection with the November 1 killing, yet Racine police stated no charges had been referred in Calhoun’s death and the Chicken Palace shooting remained an active, unsolved investigation. Who entered the restaurant and opened fire has not been publicly identified; anyone with information is asked to come forward.