On September 1, 2023, 56-year-old Byron D. Beadles was shot in an apartment on the 1700 block of Packard Avenue in Racine, Wisconsin. Officers arrived about 4:30 p.m.; Beadles was found with a single gunshot wound, taken to a local hospital, and later died of his injuries.

In October 2023, 18-year-old Bernard Edwards was charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The criminal complaint alleges Edwards had been let into the Gold Medal Lofts building where several people were using crack cocaine, that Beadles was shot shortly thereafter, and that Edwards fled and discarded the firearm in a storm sewer; the weapon was later recovered. By March 2024, Edwards pleaded not guilty and the matter was moving through Racine County Circuit Court.

Beadles was remembered as a caregiver who enjoyed music and family gatherings and is survived by his parents, children, grandchildren, and a brother. Does anyone have information about what happened at the Gold Medal Lofts that afternoon?