Gregory J. Fabian, a 41-year-old White man from Greenfield, was shot and killed in Milwaukee on March 15, 2022, at about 2:50 a.m. Officers responding after hearing three to five gunshots found his minivan with the front passenger wheel on the curb near 79th Street and Fiebrantz Avenue and located Fabian inside; he had sustained seven gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Four .40 caliber casings were recovered from a grassy area nearby, and surveillance footage from a car wash showed a vehicle stop next to Fabian’s van before driving off; a license plate was captured.

Investigators identified and located a suspect, Donvonta Pearson of Milwaukee, who was arrested on March 19, 2022. Court filings say Pearson told detectives he went to the area alone and that, during a transaction, Fabian grabbed three grams of crack cocaine without paying and tried to drive away; Pearson said he then grabbed a gun and fired two rounds. In April 2023 Pearson pleaded guilty to second-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon and was later sentenced in August 2023.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the silver four-door sedan or the minivan around 2:50 a.m. that night?