On January 23, 2022, police responding to a duplex on Milwaukee’s north side found six people shot to death, though investigators believe the killings occurred about three days earlier. Among the victims was 42-year-old Black man Charles Hardy. Three of the bodies, including Hardy’s, were located in the basement; fired cartridge casings at the scene suggested more than one firearm had been used.

Authorities arrested 34-year-old Travis Lamar Birkley and charged him with six counts of felony murder. Investigators say cellphone data placed Birkley at the house and that a selfie he allegedly took in the basement showed him wearing the glasses of one of the victims. Prosecutors say the apparent motive was a drug robbery that escalated into the killings and that Birkley told a witness he and a cousin had planned to rob a victim.

If anyone knew Charles Hardy or has information about the events leading up to that January killing, please come forward with what you know.