On the evening of Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 23-year-old Rashard Wright, a Black/African American man, was found lying in the street near 7th and Wright in Milwaukee with a gunshot wound. First responders performed life-saving measures at the scene around 8:45 p.m., but Wright died from his injury.

The Milwaukee Police Department opened a homicide investigation and looked for a motive and any suspect or suspects.

If anyone was in the area of 7th and Wright that evening or has information about what led to this shooting, please come forward.