Patrick Kelly Davis, a 58-year-old Black man from Milwaukee, was shot and killed on the afternoon of January 13, 2026, near North 38th Street and West North Avenue on the city’s north side. Police found him lying face down outside an apartment shortly before 2:30 p.m.; lifesaving measures failed and the Medical Examiner determined he died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators say the case narrowed to Nathaniel Richards of Brookfield after multiple witnesses described an argument between Davis and Richards inside the apartment, during which Richards allegedly retrieved a handgun, followed Davis outside and a single shot was heard. Detectives recovered a single brass 9mm casing at the scene, a footprint impression near the rear patio, two pistols and ammunition at Richards’s residence, and about 206 grams of a cocaine-positive powder and two cellphones in a red Jeep linked to the incident.

Richards was arrested the day after the shooting and charged with first-degree reckless homicide; a court found probable cause at a February 23 preliminary hearing and he pleaded not guilty. The case remained pending with a status conference set for April 10. Anyone with information about Davis, the apartment near North 38th and West North, or the red Jeep is asked to come forward.