On the evening of September 18, 2015, 28-year-old Shavonta Johnson was fatally shot shortly after 5 p.m. outside a residence near the intersection of N. 39th and Locust streets in Milwaukee. Authorities described the attack as a drive-by shooting in which an unknown suspect or suspects fired from a vehicle. Johnson was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries.

Family members said Shavonta had been sitting on a bench in the back of their mother’s home with his brother Shannon when the gunfire began. In the days after the killing, friends and neighbors held a vigil and helped establish a peace garden at the site as a memorial. As of late 2015 the Milwaukee Police had not identified suspects or announced any arrests and the investigation remained active.

If anyone has information about that September 18 shooting or saw a vehicle in the area around N. 39th and Locust, please share what is known.