On the night of July 27, 2017, 36-year-old Martez Grandberry was shot near North 74th and West Locust streets on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Police placed the shooting at about 10 p.m.; a male assailant fired at Grandberry, who then fled in a vehicle but crashed a short time later near North 60th and West Townsend streets beside The Gardens senior housing complex. He was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries, and Milwaukee police opened a homicide investigation.

Initial reports published July 28 said officers were still searching for the shooter and trying to establish a motive; the account did not identify an assailant or say what led to the shooting. The funeral home obituary gave his full name as Martez Donell Grandberry and listed his birth on June 25, 1981, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, to Marie Grandberry and Alfred Hewley. Services were scheduled for August 7, 2017, at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church with Northwest Funeral Chapel handling arrangements.

If anyone knew Martez, witnessed the shooting, or has information about the events around North 74th and West Locust that night, please share what is known.