Odessa Marie Gleason, a 54-year-old Black/African American woman, was shot in the early morning hours of December 8, 2020, near Capitol Drive and Appleton Avenue in Milwaukee. The shooting occurred at about 1:45 a.m. and she was privately transported to a local hospital with critically serious gunshot wounds; she later died of those injuries.

The Milwaukee Police Department opened an investigation and asked the public for information. This remains an unresolved homicide.

If anyone has information about Odessa Gleason, her movements that night, or the area around Capitol Drive and Appleton Avenue at 1:45 a.m., please share what you know with investigators.