Zy’Kerion Teague, a 20-year-old Black/African American man from Milwaukee, was killed on the evening of January 10, 2026, when gunfire erupted inside and around a vehicle near North 34th Street and West Sheridan Avenue, just south of Silver Spring Drive. Milwaukee police were dispatched shortly before 6:15 p.m. following reports of shots fired and a motor vehicle crash. When officers arrived, they found a white Chevrolet Malibu stopped in the roadway.
Teague was unconscious in the front passenger seat with gunshot wounds. Officers and emergency personnel attempted lifesaving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A wounded 16-year-old escaped from the vehicle and made his way to a nearby gas station, where he sought help and was eventually taken to a hospital.
The shooting initially appeared to involve Teague and the surviving teenager, but the investigation soon became more complicated. The following morning, authorities found 17-year-old Jorey Anderson dead from gunshot wounds near the original shooting scene. Anderson was reportedly found in a nearby yard with a rifle beneath or next to his body. Investigators determined that he had also been inside the Malibu when the gunfire began. Police recovered numerous cartridge casings from inside and outside the vehicle, along with a handgun lying in the street near the driver's-side door. Ballistics testing indicated that three different firearms had been discharged during the confrontation. Surveillance footage from the neighborhood reportedly showed the Malibu stopping near a residence shortly after 6 p.m., followed minutes later by a person leaning into the rear driver's-side doorway. Investigators said a gunshot appeared to be fired from inside the vehicle before additional shots were fired through or toward the rear of the car.
The surviving teenager later gave police an account that provided investigators with a possible explanation for how the encounter turned deadly. According to allegations described in the criminal complaint, he had been riding earlier with Teague and Anderson in Teague's black Chevrolet Impala. The teenager told investigators that Teague and Anderson had been discussing taking a firearm from someone. The group later met Teague's brother and transferred into a white Chevrolet in which several other people were already riding. Altogether, six people were reportedly traveling together before the vehicle stopped near 34th and Sheridan. Among the passengers was Dashawn Conner, whom the surviving teenager said he did not previously know.
According to the teenager's statement, Conner got out of the vehicle after saying he wanted to stretch his legs. Moments later, Conner allegedly opened a rear door, pointed a handgun at Anderson and demanded his possessions, including a small rifle Anderson had concealed beneath his coat. Anderson then reportedly brought the rifle up and fired toward the front of the vehicle. The surviving teenager told investigators he believed that shot struck Teague, who was sitting in the front passenger seat. The teenager then heard several more gunshots that he believed came from Conner's weapon. He was struck during the exchange but managed to get out of the car and run to the nearby gas station for help. Anderson also fled the vehicle during the gunfire but was later found fatally wounded nearby. These details came from witness statements and allegations in the criminal complaint and had not, at the time of the reporting, been established by a trial verdict.
Police later arrested Conner. Prosecutors said that during questioning he initially denied being present when the shooting occurred, but his account changed as investigators continued interviewing him. Conner eventually acknowledged being involved in an effort to take Anderson's rifle. According to the complaint, Conner said he had gotten out of the car to create space for the robbery attempt and claimed that other occupants also produced firearms. He told investigators that he attempted to grab Anderson's rifle, was shot in the leg and then returned fire. Conner reportedly said he was firing into the vehicle rather than deliberately aiming at a particular person. Prosecutors ultimately charged him with two counts of felony murder in connection with the deaths of Teague and Anderson and with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Under the prosecution's theory, the deaths occurred during the commission or attempted commission of an armed robbery, making Conner potentially criminally responsible even though the surviving witness believed Anderson fired the shot that struck Teague.
Conner also had a significant criminal history before the January shooting. Court and corrections information cited in local reporting showed that he had previously been convicted of three armed robberies stemming from a 2021 case. He received a prison sentence in 2023, with credit for time already served, and Wisconsin Department of Corrections records indicated that he was released from prison onto extended supervision in June 2025, only months before the shooting that killed Teague and Anderson. Publicly available reporting reviewed through early September 2026 continued to list Conner in connection with the two felony-murder charges and the felon-in-possession charge; no reliable report located for this synopsis established that he had yet been convicted or sentenced in the January homicide case.
Away from the circumstances surrounding his death, Teague's family remembered him for his devotion to his children and his interest in music. Relatives said he was the father of an infant son, Zaylen, and described the two as nearly inseparable. A cousin said another child was on the way. Family members recalled that Teague had played drums in church from a young age and later developed a passion for rap and music production. He made beats, worked on album covers, edited videos and hoped to build a future through music that would allow him to provide for his children. Loved ones described him as energetic, humorous and someone whose presence could light up a room. His death was especially painful for relatives who had already experienced another fatal shooting in the family years earlier, leaving them once again grieving a life lost to gun violence.
