A December dispute over crack cocaine in a south-side Milwaukee home spilled into the street and ended in a fatal shooting. On December 9, 2017, around 3:30 p.m., police and firefighters found 37-year-old Marcholee Skenandore wounded at the corner of S. 22nd and W. Mineral streets; he died at the scene. An autopsy showed two gunshot wounds, one to the left leg and one to the lower back.

According to witnesses and later statements, the conflict began inside a residence where Mariece Marks, then 34, became enraged after a threat. Witnesses said Marks left and returned with an assault rifle. Marks initially denied involvement but later told police he opened fire after alleging he had been shot at first and that he saw Skenandore crouching by a house; Marks admitted shooting Skenandore while he was on his hands and knees facing away. Marks was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon and held on $50,000 bond.