Romance O. Tolbert, a 36-year-old Black man, was shot and killed while sitting in his car in traffic near North 27th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee on April 23, 2021. A gunman walked up to the vehicle and opened fire in the afternoon; Tolbert was struck multiple times and died at the scene. The shooting occurred within roughly an hour of two other fatal shootings across the city that day.

Tolbert’s mother had seen him earlier that day; she and his sister went to the scene after learning he had been shot. Investigators described the attacker as an unknown assailant who approached on foot and fired into the car, and police were seeking unknown suspects. Autopsy work was scheduled with the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner as detectives canvassed for leads.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the person who approached the car or have other information about that afternoon?