A six-person shooting in a Milwaukee duplex left a neighborhood reeling after bodies were found during a welfare check on January 23, 2022. Among the dead was 31-year-old Black/African American male Javoni Liddell. Victims ranged in age from 23 to 49 and were all fatally shot; a relative described the scene as execution-style. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner later identified the victims.

Police traced a 911 call placed by someone claiming to be a shooting victim to a location where they found Travis Lamar Birkley and others. Investigators recovered a selfie on Birkley’s phone taken in the duplex basement showing him wearing glasses that belonged to one of the victims. The criminal complaint alleges the motive was robbery targeting a resident who sold synthetic marijuana and had recently shown large amounts of cash on social media, and says Birkley and a cousin shot the first two victims and then killed four more to eliminate witnesses. Birkley was charged with six counts of felony murder.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know the victims or have information about interactions at that house before January 23, 2022?