Deondrick Lamont Byrd, a 45-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot in Milwaukee during the opening days of 2016. Gunfire erupted about 11:05 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, in the 2400 block of North 6th Street near the intersection of North 6th and West Wright Streets. Although the shooting happened late on January 3, funeral home records list his date of death as January 4, 2016, and his killing was reported as Milwaukee’s first homicide of the new year.

Initial police reports identified an adult homicide victim; his identity was later confirmed as Deondrick Byrd.

Family and friends remembered him as Deon at a visitation and funeral handled by Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home in mid-January 2016. If anyone knew Deondrick Byrd or has information about the shooting near North 6th and West Wright Streets, please come forward with what can help the investigation.