Daequan Stevens, a 27-year-old Black/African American man, was killed on March 9, 2025, in connection with a burst of gunfire at Dineen Park on Milwaukee’s north side. The violence unfolded on a Sunday afternoon, with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office receiving reports of a shooting shortly after 4:15 p.m. near the park, located around West Appleton Avenue and West Capitol Drive.
What began as an emergency response at the park quickly expanded into an investigation involving multiple victims and more than one location.
When deputies and other first responders arrived, they found another victim suffering from fatal gunshot wounds at Dineen Park. That victim was later identified as Jayden Greer. A separate person who investigators believed had been involved in the same shooting later arrived at a hospital with a gunshot injury that was described as non-life-threatening. Authorities soon learned that Stevens had also apparently been wounded during the same episode of gunfire but was no longer at the park.
Stevens was subsequently discovered dead away from the immediate park crime scene. Early reports from the sheriff’s office described the additional fatal victim as having been found inside a vehicle elsewhere in Milwaukee. A later report citing information from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner indicated that Stevens’ body was found in an alley several blocks from the park. The available reporting does not clearly explain how he traveled from Dineen Park to the location where he was ultimately found, whether someone transported him, or precisely how much time passed between the shooting and the discovery of his body. The medical examiner formally identified Stevens following the shooting.
Investigators did not publicly establish what triggered the gunfire. In the immediate aftermath, authorities said it was unclear what relationship, if any, existed among Stevens, Greer, and the surviving person who sought treatment at the hospital. Witnesses living around Dineen Park described hearing numerous gunshots before emergency vehicles converged on the area, leaving a normally public recreational space surrounded by investigators and police activity.
No suspect was publicly identified in the initial investigation, and authorities did not announce an arrest connected with the deaths. Reporting following the incident specifically stated that no one had been arrested, while the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office continued investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting. Searches of later publicly available reporting also did not uncover an announced arrest, criminal charge, trial, or conviction specifically tied to the killings of Stevens and Greer. As a result, the publicly reported record leaves the circumstances behind the deadly confrontation, the identity of the person or people who fired the fatal shots, and the motive unresolved.
