On New Year’s Day 2023, 17-year-old Steven Perkins was fatally shot inside JJ’s Fish and Chicken near 33rd and Villard in Milwaukee. The shooting began when a 16-year-old, identified as Javontae Jones, entered the restaurant with a visible gun; Perkins arrived soon after with another person and witnesses report Jones opened fire. An exchange of gunfire followed, and Perkins suffered fatal injuries; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Security camera footage and fingerprint evidence tied several juveniles to the incident, and multiple youths were treated at a local children’s hospital for gunshot wounds. Jones was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting; charges against another 16-year-old, Jeffrey Coleman, were also filed.

Does anyone have information about Steven or what led to that confrontation at JJ’s Fish and Chicken?