On the late afternoon of June 15, 2024, a shooting near the playground at Sherman Park in Milwaukee killed 65-year-old Gary Grose. First responders found Grose with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead; a second person suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation and has suggested the shooting may have been retaliatory, possibly connected to a fight that occurred several minutes earlier.

According to his obituary, Grose died while protecting others from harm, and he is being remembered by the community as a gentle giant and a basketball legend in Miltown. Authorities continue to seek the unknown suspects; no arrests or public identifications have been announced. If anyone has information about the shooting or the events leading up to it, please come forward.