On the afternoon of April 19, 2016, Kirby L. Clark Jr., a 26-year-old African-American man from Milwaukee, was shot while sitting inside a vehicle near North 10th Street and West Burleigh Street. An 18-year-old man in the same car was also struck; Clark’s wounds proved fatal and he died after being taken to a hospital, while the younger man’s injuries were not life-threatening.

Police responded to reports of the shooting and began an investigation, but early reports did not establish whether Clark, the surviving occupant, or both had been specifically targeted. Clark’s family said investigators were pursuing leads, but no arrests had been announced by early May 2016.

A funeral service for Clark at Greater Mount Sinai Church of God in Christ on April 30, 2016, was itself disrupted by gunfire when an unrelated altercation during the gathering wounded two men; the family said that confrontation did not appear linked to Clark’s killing. Clark’s name was later included in the city’s annual remembrance of homicide victims. Anyone with information about the April 19 shooting is urged to come forward.