On the evening of Monday, November 18, 2019, 26-year-old Joemil Rios-Santana was killed during a violent home invasion at a residence near 14th and Manitoba in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two men dressed in black and wearing masks forced their way into the apartment while Rios-Santana was with his girlfriend. One intruder held the woman against a wall while the other struggled with Rios-Santana; gunshots followed and Rios-Santana was found mortally wounded on the kitchen floor. Several .40 caliber casings were recovered near his body.

Rios-Santana’s girlfriend immediately recognized the primary aggressor’s voice as that of her ex-boyfriend, Javier Batista-Cabrera, and said the assailant’s mask briefly slipped, revealing neck tattoos. She told police Batista-Cabrera had threatened Rios-Santana on multiple occasions before the shooting. Ballistic analysis reportedly matched bullets from this scene to rounds from prior incidents the girlfriend had described. In December 2019, 29-year-old Javier Batista-Cabrera was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless homicide and held on a $100,000 cash bond. The second masked suspect was present during the invasion; his identity and role were not detailed in initial reports.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see the two men around the apartment that night or recognize the second man who remained unidentified?