On the evening of December 28, 2023, Robert Evans Woods, a 52-year-old Black man, was shot and killed near the intersection of 38th and Good Hope in Milwaukee. The shooting occurred about 8:30 p.m.; Woods was pronounced dead at the scene.

A short time later, police in the suburb of Brown Deer were called to reports of shots near 50th and Calumet Road and found a car in a ditch. A 39-year-old man was inside the vehicle and was armed. Milwaukee police identified that man as a suspect in Woods’s death and took him into custody. Charges are pending review by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office and the investigation remains ongoing.

Neighbors described fear and shock after the killing. If anyone witnessed the shooting, the events near 50th and Calumet Road, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward to the authorities.