On the evening of September 30, 2023, a shooting near 45th and Center in Milwaukee left 50-year-old Gregory Redmond dead. The Black/African American man suffered multiple gunshot wounds, including to the head and chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 8:30 p.m.

Investigators arrested 17-year-old Tristan Cross, identified as Redmond’s former foster child, charging him as an adult with first-degree reckless homicide and bail jumping. Witnesses at the scene said they saw someone raise a gun and shoot Redmond and later identified Cross in a photo lineup. Police recovered a firearm tucked into Redmond’s waistband.

Cross initially denied being in the area, then told investigators that Redmond approached him with a gun and that he fired in self-defense. At the time of the shooting Cross was out on bond for an August 2022 armed robbery charge, and a court commissioner set his bond at $100,000.