On the night of June 20, 2022, 31-year-old Harry Dixson was shot and killed outside the Casablanca restaurant on Brady Street in Milwaukee. The altercation took place in the early morning hours and left family and friends mourning a man described as a community role model who was working to start a nonprofit called 300 Suits to help formerly incarcerated men prepare for job interviews.

Milwaukee police investigated the shooting and a 34-year-old man, later identified as a security guard for the restaurant, was taken into custody. According to a police investigative report, the guard told officers Dixson drew a gun and pointed it at him during an argument in the doorway; the guard said he fired about three shots in what he described as self-defense. The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office reviewed the evidence and declined to file charges, and the shooting was ruled self-defense.