Carlos E. Lopez, 19, of West Bend, was fatally shot in Milwaukee on July 2, 2023, around 2:50 a.m. He had arranged to meet someone to purchase a gun and was accompanied by friends when the meeting at 28th and Burnham turned into an armed robbery. Two males approached the vehicle; 17-year-old Angel Saldana, armed with a handgun, allegedly attempted to take the money and opened fire as the driver tried to flee. Carlos was struck in the back of the head and in the leg.

Friends tried to drive him to a hospital but their car became disabled in a nearby construction area on the 1900 block of S. 28th St. Carlos was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 3:49 a.m. Police recovered a handgun believed to be used in the shooting from a nearby garbage dumpster. Two suspects, Angel Saldana and 18-year-old Brandon Taylor, were charged with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by an adjudicated delinquent; Taylor also faced a felony bail-jumping charge. Both were held on $150,000 cash bond.

Was anyone nearby that night who saw the vehicle leaving 28th and Burnham or who can provide more details about the arranged meeting?