On the night of December 8, 2015, Frank A. James III, a 30-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot while sitting inside his vehicle in Milwaukee at about 9:45 p.m. The shooting occurred near North 64th Street and West Florist Avenue when an unidentified person approached James’s vehicle and opened fire. After the gunfire his vehicle left the roadway and crashed; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Authorities classified the death as a homicide and did not, in initial reporting, identify a motive, the weapon used, or whether James knew the shooter.

The location drew attention because another fatal shooting had occurred roughly two blocks east on December 6, 2015; police said they did not know whether the incidents were related and no evidence of a connection was released. Who approached the vehicle and why remains unanswered; anyone with information is asked to come forward.