On the night of March 17, 2016, a domestic dispute at a residence near 19th and Center in Milwaukee escalated into gunfire that left 23-year-old Jevontese Riley dead. Riley, a Black man, had arrived with friends after being called to assist the daughter of the homeowner’s girlfriend. A confrontation with 39-year-old Carl Barrett ended when Barrett retrieved a medium to large frame silver revolver and an armed friend of Riley’s drew a gun. Barrett and that armed friend exchanged shots; Riley was struck by multiple rounds, managed to leave the house, then collapsed a few houses to the north.

Emergency efforts failed and he died at the scene; an autopsy found five gunshot wounds caused by two separate bullets. A 17-year-old boy was also shot and wounded inside the residence but escaped to call for help. Carl Barrett was arrested and charged with first-degree reckless homicide with use of a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Was anyone in the neighborhood that night able to see what happened or who fired the fatal shots?