A 28-year-old Black/African American transgender woman known to family as Brazil Johnson and also identified as Devon R. Gildart was found fatally shot in Milwaukee on June 15, 2022. She was discovered around 6:30 a.m. near Teutonia and Garfield Avenues with multiple gunshot wounds.

Johnson worked as a chef and loved baking and cooking, a passion her mother Bernita Gildart recalled while grieving. Her mother said the multiple shots suggested deep-seated hatred. An LGBTQ activist, Elle Halo, noted the broader pattern of violence affecting Black trans women.

By late June 2022 investigators had not identified suspects or a motive and no arrests had been announced. If anyone knew Brazil Johnson or has information about her movements that morning, can you share what you know?