Steven A. Villegas, 21, was shot in the chest and died after being taken to hospital in the early hours following Madison’s annual Freakfest Halloween celebration on October 28, 2018. The shooting occurred at the State Street Campus Ramp parking structure near the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus while police were dispersing large crowds.

A 21-year-old woman was arrested after surveillance footage and witness testimony linked her to the shooting. Police chief Mike Koval said the incident may have started with a disturbance at a nearby bar, Whiskey Jack’s Saloon. The case was investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies and drew public reaction from Villegas’s family, including his mother’s plea to end gun violence in Madison.

Villegas was a Madison resident, born December 31, 1996, an electrician and father of two. Does anyone have information about the events that night or remember seeing activity at the State Street ramp after Freakfest?