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LaShonda Shumpert, 47, was shot to death at her Milwaukee home near 42nd and Florist in the pre-dawn hours of June 25, 2024. She was speaking on the phone with a daughter when someone knocked at the front door around 3:00 a.m.; when she opened it, multiple rounds struck her. Some grandchildren were inside the residence and were not physically harmed. Emergency responders arrived after 3:30 a.m. and attempted lifesaving measures, but Shumpert died of her injuries.

Investigators found numerous bullet strikes on the front door and frame and recovered 27 spent 9mm casings, all fired from a single weapon. Police identified 32-year-old James Edwards of Menasha as a suspect after security camera footage showed a vehicle near the scene and a person walking toward the house before muzzle flashes were seen; fingerprints from the suspect vehicle were identified as Edwards’s. He was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon, and bond was set at $200,000. Court documents indicate a possible motive tied to retaliation: Edwards’s cousin had been killed in a homicide for which Shumpert’s son was the primary suspect.

How might readers with information about LaShonda’s neighborhood, the suspect vehicle, or the events that night contact investigators?