In the early morning hours of June 22, 2014, a house party in the 2100 block of South 20th Street on Milwaukee’s south side ended in gunfire. Kwata S. Shields, a 19-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot at about 1:50 a.m.; a 16-year-old boy was also seriously wounded and was expected to survive. Milwaukee police interviewed witnesses at the scene but were unable to immediately identify suspects and made no arrests in the aftermath.

Shields was remembered as a natural leader. He attended Right Step, a military-style private school, where he kept near-perfect attendance for five years, stayed an extra year after graduation to raise his test scores, and worked part-time helping younger students with math. He had encountered some legal trouble after graduating but was taking steps to resolve it and had hopes of enlisting in the military. He is survived by his mother, a girlfriend, and a young son; his funeral was held July 3, 2014, at Monumental Missionary Baptist Church.

Does anyone who attended or lived near that house party have information that could help piece together what happened that night?