Brandon Pettis, 30, was found shot to death inside a Milwaukee residence on March 29, 2020. Police who responded to the scene discovered him with a fatal gunshot wound and initially classified the case as a domestic-violence-related homicide. A 40-year-old woman was arrested at the scene.

Subsequent information in a statewide domestic violence homicide review altered that initial course. The shooting was later determined to be an act of self-defense in the context of ongoing domestic abuse, and the woman taken into custody did not face criminal charges. Court records cited in the review note Pettis had prior domestic-abuse-related misdemeanor convictions and that a domestic abuse restraining order filed against him about two months earlier was dismissed after he was not served. Independent victim registries list his death as gun violence in Milwaukee on March 29, 2020.

Did anyone in Milwaukee know Brandon Pettis or have information about his relationships or the events that led up to that night?