Ruquinn McCullar, 47, was killed in Milwaukee on February 1, 2019 after a night out with a longtime friend. McCullar and Byron Artis spent the evening at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino and a local bar before stopping at a BP near 27th and Lisbon. McCullar went inside to buy cigarettes while Artis stayed in their van.

Surveillance footage shows McCullar returning, opening the driver’s side door, and immediately collapsing after being shot in the head. Police found him shortly after 2 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Artis later told police he had used cocaine that night, became intensely paranoid, failed to recognize McCullar, grabbed a gun from the glovebox and fired because he believed he was being robbed.

Artis was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless homicide, later accepting a plea to second-degree reckless homicide. He pleaded that the shooting was an accidental, drug-induced act and expressed remorse. Does anyone who knew Ruquinn or saw activity around 27th and Lisbon that night have information to share?