Raven Coley was 24 and a mother of four when she was shot and killed inside an apartment near 23rd Street and Kilbourn Avenue in Milwaukee on February 4, 2020. Officers arrived about 10:45 p.m. and found her with a gunshot wound; paramedics’ efforts to resuscitate her failed and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner listed a single gunshot wound to the head as the cause of death and ruled the manner homicide.

A 23-year-old Milwaukee man, Deonte Wilkins, was charged in connection with the death. According to the complaint, Wilkins first told police a stranger had broken into the apartment and shot Coley, but detectives found no sign of forced entry. A witness inside the unit reported hearing Wilkins on the phone talking about the gun he was holding, then heard a gunshot and saw Wilkins jump up and down, saying he had accidentally shot Coley.

If anyone knew Raven, her routines, or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.