On the morning of August 19, 2023, 17-year-old Andrea Sanders was shot and killed while a passenger in a vehicle near North 44th Street and West Hampton Avenue in Milwaukee. The group’s car was being pursued by another vehicle, and gunfire from the pursuing car struck Sanders and a second 17-year-old girl at about 5:30 a.m. The driver of Sanders’s vehicle managed to drive to near 49th and Parkway to get help; Andrea Sanders was pronounced dead at the scene and the other teen was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say the pursuing vehicle was a stolen Dodge Durango that was later found burned. A 16-year-old male, Mykel McKinney, was arrested; according to the criminal complaint he admitted taking the Durango in a carjacking and driving it during the incident, and alleged someone in the victims’ car had fired first while a passenger in his vehicle returned fire. Friends and family remembered Sanders as a joyful, caring high school student with a big social media presence.

Does anyone who knew Andrea or was in that area that morning have information that could help clarify what led to the shooting?