Joseph Flipper Jared Ray Fields, 32, was shot and killed in Milwaukee on Sunday, July 19, 2026. Officers were called shortly before 10:00 a.m. to the 5000 block of North 50th Street near West Fairmount Avenue; police found Fields suffering from a gunshot wound and he died at the scene. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner later identified him.

Fields was born in Green Bay on November 24, 1993, and had Oneida and Menominee roots. He moved to Milwaukee about three years before his death after spending much of his life in the Green Bay and Shiocton areas. He graduated from Green Bay West High School in 2012, worked as a mechanic, and is remembered by family as a jokester who loved cars, video games, movies, evenings around a fire and time with his four children.

Police initially described the circumstances as unclear and sought witnesses. Later on July 19 authorities announced a suspect had been apprehended and said the case would be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office; public reports available as of late August do not identify that person or describe a motive. Are there witnesses or anyone with information about what happened that morning who can help investigators?