On the evening of March 15, 2018, in Milwaukee’s 4200 block of N. 27th Street, 34-year-old Romale R. Richardson, a Black male, was fatally shot during a dice game at a north-side residence. The same shooting also killed 20-year-old Malyk T. Smith; a third person was wounded and later sought hospital treatment.

According to the criminal complaint, 44-year-old Antonio Darnell Mays forced his way into the home and opened fire. A shootout followed in which Richardson wounded Mays before Richardson died. Mays was identified by the Milwaukee Police Department, taken into custody, and charged with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon; he was under supervision for a prior armed robbery conviction at the time of the offense.

Was anyone in the neighborhood aware of tensions around that dice game or saw activity on N. 27th Street that night?