On the morning of April 1, 2024, 42-year-old Lakeyshia Timmons, a Black mother of eight, was fatally shot outside her Milwaukee home near North 18th and Hadley. Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 7:30 a.m. and found Timmons with a gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene after life-saving efforts.

One of her sons woke to the sound of gunfire, saw his mother on the ground and a man with a noticeable limp walking away, and later identified that man as Ronald Fuller, Timmons’ ex-boyfriend and the father of her younger children. Surveillance video shows a man walking around the home before Timmons returned; as she exited her van he approached and she can be heard questioning him before shots were fired. The two were involved in an ongoing, described as messy, custody dispute; investigators say Fuller had reportedly located her new address through one of her other children.

Fuller was arrested and initially charged with first-degree reckless homicide; he later pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide. If anyone knew Lakeyshia or has information about the shooting or the custody dispute, please share what you know.