On February 21, 2020, at about 1:41 a.m., Montreal L. Pate, 32, was fatally shot while riding as a passenger at an Express Gas station at North 36th Street and West Vliet Street in Milwaukee. He was in a parked vehicle with a 38-year-old male driver when an unknown person approached, entered the car’s backseat and opened fire. The driver was also shot but suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police described the suspect as a Black male wearing a black sweater jacket and blue jeans who fled northbound on foot after the shooting. The motive for the attack has not been disclosed, and the homicide investigation remains open with no public announcement of an arrest or charges.

If anyone was at that gas station that night or has information about the person seen entering the backseat, please come forward to assist investigators.