Emmanuel Q. Allen was a 35-year-old Black/African American man whose life ended after a shooting in Milwaukee on the night of May 6, 2025. The gunfire erupted shortly before 10 p.m. near 76th Street and Hampton Avenue. When officers arrived, Allen’s SUV had crashed across the street from a gas station. An officer found him unconscious in the driver’s seat, pulled him from the vehicle, and emergency responders took him to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office publicly identified him the following day.
What initially appeared to be another deadly Milwaukee shooting developed into a much more detailed investigation as police examined surveillance footage, physical evidence and electronic records. According to the criminal complaint, Allen had pulled his SUV up to a gas pump when a brown Chevrolet arrived behind him. A woman later identified by investigators as Alyse Brown-Felton allegedly got out of the Chevrolet and entered Allen’s SUV. Two other people, identified in court filings as Moneyka Lindsey and Jaymoses Woods, then approached the SUV from opposite sides. Investigators said both Lindsey and Woods were armed.
The complaint alleged that Lindsey pulled Brown-Felton from Allen’s SUV and then got into the vehicle herself while Woods approached the driver’s side and pointed a gun toward the window. Allen suddenly accelerated. Surveillance footage reportedly showed Woods firing at least two shots as the SUV moved away, while Lindsey was dragged by the vehicle before falling out. Allen continued across the roadway before the SUV crashed. Lindsey and Woods then returned to the Chevrolet and fled with Brown-Felton. Investigators recovered two spent cartridge casings from the gas-station parking lot and three additional casings along with bullet fragments from inside Allen’s SUV. Ballistics testing indicated that two different firearms had been involved, with evidence consistent with shots being fired into the SUV as well as gunfire being discharged from inside the vehicle toward the outside.
Police began reconstructing the suspects’ movements. Investigators used towing history and parking-citation information to trace the Chevrolet to a residence near 22nd Street and Galena Street associated with Brown-Felton. Police located the vehicle there and seized it for forensic examination. Six latent fingerprints were recovered; authorities said one was matched to Brown-Felton and another to Lindsey, while the remaining prints did not contain enough detail for identification. Investigators also located surveillance footage near 45th Street and Wright Street that they said showed Brown-Felton and Lindsey arriving about 30 minutes after Allen was killed, wearing clothing consistent with what the women seen at the shooting scene had been wearing. Cellphone information reportedly placed the two women together that night and was consistent with their movements alongside the Chevrolet as it traveled through Milwaukee.
Another shooting weeks later helped investigators identify Woods as the alleged male gunman. Prosecutors said cartridge casings recovered near 76th and Hampton were ballistically linked to ammunition used in an unrelated shooting near 91st Street and Silver Spring Drive. Woods was charged in connection with that separate incident, allowing investigators to examine his cellphone information. Court filings described text conversations between Woods and Lindsey and location information that prosecutors said was consistent with Woods being the person who fired toward Allen’s SUV.
According to the complaint, Woods later acknowledged being at the scene with Brown-Felton and Lindsey. He reportedly told investigators that Lindsey intended to confront Allen because Allen had been “talking” to Brown-Felton. Woods said Brown-Felton first entered Allen’s vehicle and that he and Lindsey then approached from opposite sides. Woods claimed Allen had a firearm and said he fired once or twice while Lindsey fired more shots, although he said he did not know who fired first. He maintained that the group had intended to intimidate Allen rather than kill him. Those statements were allegations contained in the prosecution’s case and did not constitute findings of guilt.
Milwaukee County prosecutors ultimately charged Brown-Felton, Lindsey and Woods with reckless homicide in connection with Allen’s death. By June 19, 2025, Woods was reported to be in custody, while arrest warrants had been issued on June 17 for Brown-Felton and Lindsey. The publicly available reporting located for this synopsis does not document a completed trial or conviction for any of the three defendants in Allen’s killing, so the charges should be regarded as pending allegations unless later court records establish otherwise.
