In the early morning hours of July 7, 2015, two men were found shot to death in the 600 block of West Arthur Avenue in Milwaukee. Wilbert Suarez-Otero, 30, and Victor Burgos-Rosario, 29, were discovered lying in the roadway and pronounced dead at the scene; autopsies confirmed both died of gunshot wounds to the head and their deaths were ruled homicides.

According to the criminal complaint, the killings followed a planned cocaine transaction that turned violent. Suarez-Otero had contacted Burgos-Rosario to buy drugs; Burgos-Rosario arranged to meet a supplier known as Carlito, later identified as 21-year-old Curtis J. Wilke. Surveillance captured Wilke’s black Chevrolet Suburban at the scene just before 5:00 a.m.; a witness heard three shots. Both victims entered the Suburban and were shot inside. Knives were later found on the victims and investigators recovered Suburban parts in a burn pit at Wilke’s residence; ballistics linked a .38 or .357 caliber fragment to the case. Wilke was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree reckless homicide with bail set at $300,000.