Brian Christopher Johnson, a 53-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the afternoon of January 4, 2026, during a domestic confrontation on Milwaukee’s northwest side. The shooting happened about 3:40 p.m. in the 6500 block of West Mill Road near North 64th Street. Milwaukee police found Johnson with gunshot wounds; he died of those injuries and was later publicly identified by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Police say the violence began during a dispute between Johnson and his wife. Reports state the wife’s adult son intervened in the physical altercation and allegedly shot Johnson. The shooting was treated as a domestic violence incident and was not connected to a separate homicide that occurred earlier that afternoon.

Did anyone in the community know Johnson or his family and have information about what led to the confrontation?