Michael Brown, a 55-year-old African American man, was killed on July 11, 2017, during an armed home invasion near North 12th and West Chambers streets in Milwaukee. He and a woman were watching movies in a bedroom when two armed intruders forced them to lie facedown and demanded money. The woman said the intruders struck both occupants and that after about 20 minutes she heard an order for Brown to get on his knees, then a single gunshot. Brown was later found on the living-room floor with a single gunshot wound to the head; his death was ruled a homicide. Two flat-screen televisions were taken from the house.

Investigators identified Royce Bernard and Arnel Collins. The surviving witness identified both from photos and described Bernard as the more aggressive robber. Another witness reported a conversation in which Bernard criticized Collins for shooting too quickly and Collins admitted shooting because Brown had not surrendered money and drugs. By April 2018 both men faced charges; Bernard was convicted of felony murder in July 2019 and sentenced in September 2019. If anyone knew Michael Brown or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.