Deandre Elerson, a 27-year-old African-American man, was shot while driving in Milwaukee after leaving a nightclub. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on July 1, 2009, Elerson was making a U-turn in the 2500 block of North Teutonia Avenue with two passengers when an unknown assailant fired at least two shots into the vehicle. One bullet struck Elerson in the head. An uninjured passenger took the wheel and drove several blocks before the car stalled; emergency responders transported Elerson to Froedtert Hospital where he died at about 9 p.m. that same evening.

The passengers were not physically harmed and police opened an investigation immediately, but no arrests were announced. The Milwaukee Police Department later listed the killing as a cold case and the person or persons who fired remain unidentified. If anyone was in that area of North Teutonia Avenue that night or has information about the vehicle, the people inside it, or the shooting, please come forward.