Early on June 13, 2024, Rosalind Rogers, 23, was fatally shot in a McDonald’s parking lot on the north side of Milwaukee near Teutonia and Villard avenues. Surveillance video shows her walking on Villard, then running into the lot as a vehicle pulled up; flashes consistent with muzzle fire came from the driver’s side of that car. Rogers was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Her mother later found a gun in nearby bushes hours after police had completed their initial investigation. Detectives focused on a vehicle seen near the scene and traced a car believed to be connected to the shooting to 43-year-old Raymond Willis. Surveillance from the night before reportedly depicts a man later identified as Willis holding a gun beside the same vehicle; Willis acknowledged the car looked like his and that he recognized the area when questioned.

Rogers was known as Roz, a community activist and mentor who worked to combat gun violence. The motive for her killing remains unclear. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the vehicle or individuals seen near Teutonia and Villard that morning, please come forward.