Robert G. Jackson-Wright Jr., 28, was shot and killed on the morning of December 28, 2021, near North 85th Street and West Congress Street in the Lindsay Park neighborhood on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Police were called shortly before 8 a.m.; initial reports said little about what led up to the gunfire and detectives were working to piece together the moments before the shots rang out. Community records and gun-violence trackers list the death as a homicide by gunfire.

Public memorial pages and the funeral home identified him by name, and services were held at Reid’s New Golden Gate Funeral Home in Milwaukee on January 25, 2022. From the outset Milwaukee police said they were seeking unknown suspects, and later coverage noted no public announcements of arrests while appeals for tips continued. No clear motive had been disclosed in the reports available.