On the afternoon of February 28, 2024, 19-year-old Keonte Watts of Milwaukee was fatally shot inside a friend’s house near 15th and Center Streets. Family described Keonte as friendly and sociable; his mother spoke with him on the phone minutes before the shooting. Around 3:40 p.m., shots were fired into the residence from outside, ripping through exterior walls and doors. A bullet struck Keonte in an upstairs bedroom; he was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say witnesses identified 30-year-old Dareon McCarver, known as Pooh, after he allegedly threatened to return and shoot the house over missing money and sunglasses. Police located a gray Mercury more than a mile from the shooting on March 2; a caller who arranged its tow reported seeing a Black man with gold teeth inside, a description that matched McCarver. He was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon and is being held on a $150,000 cash bond. Anyone who knew Keonte or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.