On the evening of September 4, 2021, Allen James Anderson, a 37-year-old Black / African American man from Milwaukee, was shot and killed near 36th and Custer streets in a residential section of the city. Police found Anderson suffering from fatal gunshot wounds and the Milwaukee Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Reports say investigators searched for unknown suspects who had fled the scene. Anderson was remembered by family and friends as outgoing and loyal, known by nicknames including Eazy, and his death is part of the community’s broader toll from gun violence.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity near 36th and Custer on September 4, 2021, please come forward to the Milwaukee Police Department.