On August 22, 2016, 18-year-old Claude Grimes was shot and killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A police officer on patrol near 18th and Hadley Streets found Grimes about 12:40 a.m. after a ShotSpotter activation alerted officers to gunfire. Responding officers attempted life-saving measures but Grimes was pronounced dead at the scene.

Milwaukee Police were investigating the circumstances of the early morning shooting. Public information available at the time does not indicate any arrests or any publicly identified suspects in the killing. The death was one of several homicides in Milwaukee that year, leaving family and community members without answers.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Claude, please share tips with the Milwaukee Police Department.