Kashin N. Strickland was 28 when he was shot on Milwaukee’s northwest side in the early morning of December 22, 2015. Police were called shortly after 2:30 a.m. to the 9300 block of West Sheridan Avenue at North 95th Street, where gunfire was reported and Strickland was found wounded and taken to Froedtert Hospital.

The shooting scene also involved a minivan that had crashed into a pole outside an apartment complex. Early reports described the collision but did not establish whether the driver was the person shot or how the crash and the gunfire were connected. Initial accounts suggested Strickland’s injuries might not be life-threatening, but he died shortly after 10:00 a.m. on the morning of December 22; an autopsy was scheduled for December 23.

The Milwaukee Police Department investigated the death as a homicide but had not released a suspect description or motive, and no arrests were announced in early reports. Who killed Kashin Strickland, and why, remains unanswered—anyone with information is asked to come forward.