Derrick Christmas, a 32-year-old Black man from Milwaukee, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Sunday, November 23, 2025, in the city’s Uptown neighborhood near North 52nd Street and West Meinecke Avenue. Officers were called at about 2:30 a.m.; first responders found him with fatal gunshot wounds on the 5200 block of West Meinecke Avenue and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Reporters described a chaotic residential scene just north of Washington Park, with a car that had crashed into a tree near the intersection and heavy police activity around both the crash and the shooting area.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner later identified the victim as Derrick Christmas. Police and news reports say circumstances leading up to the shooting remain unclear — investigators have not said whether the gunfire occurred inside or near the vehicle or whether the crash and the shooting are definitively linked. Milwaukee Police consider the case an active homicide investigation and have not announced any arrests or released a suspect name or detailed description.

A National Gun Violence Memorial page lists him among recent fatal shooting victims and includes tributes calling him kind and generous. If anyone has information about what happened that night near North 52nd Street and West Meinecke Avenue, please contact Milwaukee Police or submit an anonymous tip.