Carlos Uel Cruz Resto, 55, was fatally shot in the late evening of August 20, 2023, near 16th and Bruce in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood. Known for a joyful, theatrical presence and for cheering others with wigs and costumes, he was walking in the street around 9:40 p.m. holding a Puerto Rican flag when surveillance shows an altercation began after he approached a silver SUV and swung the flagpole at a person who had exited a white Toyota Highlander that had pulled up alongside.

Video shows the parties posturing; a 16-year-old who had exited the Highlander returned to the front passenger area, stood on the floorboard and fired at Mr. Cruz Resto, who fell to the ground. The white SUV then fled the scene with visible damage to the driver’s side door and rear quarter panel and occupants hanging out of the windows. The shooting prompted a police investigation and public requests for help in identifying the vehicle and those involved.

What details about the vehicle or the people present that night could help piece together what happened?