Tavion Milams, 24, was shot and killed in Milwaukee on September 8, 2014. Known in the local music scene as Tay Gutta, Milams was involved in a street confrontation that began when he and 37-year-old Robert Spencer confronted Rashawn Smith over $5,000 Smith allegedly owed Spencer from a drug deal. During the encounter Spencer, who was armed, took Smith’s money and cellphone and threatened him. A struggle followed and Spencer fired a weapon; the bullet fatally struck Milams in what was described as a friendly fire incident.

Robert Spencer was arrested and charged with felony murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Prosecutors framed the case around the dangers of settling disputes in the street; in July 2015 Spencer received a 28-year prison sentence. Milams’s death came amid drug-related activity and prior violent offending by Spencer, who had served an eight-year term for battery and disorderly conduct.

If anyone knew Tavion, his stage life as Tay Gutta, or saw the events that night, please share information that could shed light on what happened.