On the evening of October 21, 2015, Rahdel D. Carson, a 29-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot in Milwaukee near the intersection of North 53rd Street and West Nash Street, in the 3600 block of North 53rd Street. The shooting occurred at about 9:15 p.m. when an unidentified man opened fire and struck two people; Carson died of his wounds and a 27-year-old man was injured and expected to recover.

Police described the possibility that the violence grew out of a drug transaction, but investigators did not publicly establish a definitive motive or a precise sequence of events leading to the gunfire. Carson’s killing took place during an especially violent evening in Milwaukee, when another double shooting had occurred roughly 25 minutes earlier; police treated the incidents as separate.

Whoever knew Rahdel or has information about what happened that night is asked to come forward with any details that might help clarify the case.