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On the night of September 18, 2022, 33-year-old Houston Oliver Jr., known as H-Town, was fatally shot outside Las Margaritas bar at 2232 Roosevelt Road in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shooting also killed 35-year-old James Hood and wounded two others after an altercation inside the tavern led to two men being ejected.

Kendal R. Readus, 29, of North Chicago, Illinois, and James C. Murphy, 29, of Hogansville, Georgia, were identified by investigators from surveillance footage and later charged in October 2022 with two counts of murder and other offenses. Authorities say Readus allegedly fired from the back seat of a vehicle while Murphy was driving. Murphy was arrested in Hogansville and began extradition to Wisconsin; Readus remained at large on an arrest warrant and was described by police as armed and dangerous. The vehicle believed to have been used was recovered in Waukegan after being taken there to be detailed.

If anyone has information about Houston Oliver Jr., the shooting that night, or the whereabouts of the vehicle or Kendal Readus, please come forward.