Malik Williams, 19 and also identified as Malik Williams-Weddle, was fatally shot inside a north side Milwaukee residence in the early morning of August 24, 2015. Police responded to reports of gunfire at about 3:00 a.m. near North 22nd Street and West Hadley Street and found Williams suffering fatal gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members were in the home when the shooting occurred; one cousin later recalled finding him lying on the floor and the mother was on the phone with police as relatives struggled to understand what had happened.

Milwaukee police opened a homicide investigation but initially did not disclose a motive, a suspect, or descriptions of possible offenders. The killing added to a deadly summer in Milwaukee and deepened grief for a family that said two other cousins had previously been murdered.

If anyone knew Malik, was in that neighborhood that night, or has information about what happened inside the residence, please come forward to investigators.