Richard D. Curtis, a 58-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on Thanksgiving morning, November 23, 2017, on Milwaukee’s north side. The shooting happened at about 9:15 a.m. in the 2700 block of North 36th Street near West Hadley Street. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire as a resident prepared to barbecue and said Curtis appeared to have been shot multiple times; he was found with gunshot wounds, taken to a hospital, and later died.

Milwaukee police said the violence began during an argument but did not disclose what the disagreement was about or how the people involved knew one another. Officers taped off the block, searched for evidence, and went door to door. Within hours police said they had identified people believed to be involved and announced two suspects had been taken into custody, ages 32 and 42; contemporaneous reports did not name them or say who fired the fatal shots.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Richard Curtis, please share what is known with Milwaukee police.