Rickey McCaskill, a 57-year-old Black man born October 29, 1963, died in Milwaukee on February 16, 2021.

An online memorial for victims of gun violence lists him as lost to gun violence that day and points to a fatal shooting near Commerce and Pleasant streets. Other homicide-tracking databases for Milwaukee do not include his name, and contemporary law enforcement releases and news reports do not clearly identify the Commerce and Pleasant shooting victim as Rickey McCaskill. His obituary notes his passing but does not give a cause of death.

Key questions remain: was the fatal shooting reported near Commerce and Pleasant the same incident that claimed McCaskill, and if so why is there no clear official confirmation linking him to that report? If anyone knew Rickey or has information about his death, please share what is known.