Sonny Bond, a 22-year-old Black/African American man from Milwaukee, was shot and killed on the night of Sunday, September 13, 2026, in the Walker’s Point area on Milwaukee’s south side. The shooting occurred at approximately 9:55 p.m. in the 1400 block of West National Avenue, near South 14th Street. Milwaukee police responding to reports of gunfire found Bond suffering from gunshot wounds. His injuries were fatal, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Bond’s aunt, LaShanda Jackson, said he had just dropped off his son before the shooting occurred. A nearby resident reported hearing approximately eight gunshots, describing them as loud enough to cause alarm inside his home. The sudden burst of gunfire shattered what the resident described as a normally quiet part of the neighborhood. Police did not publicly disclose what led to the confrontation or whether Bond had been specifically targeted, saying the circumstances surrounding the shooting remained under investigation.
Bond’s family learned late that night that he had been shot and went to the scene while still trying to determine whether he had survived. Jackson said she had last seen her nephew only two days earlier while celebrating her birthday. She remembered him as funny, good-hearted and devoted to his family. Bond was the father of two children, a son and a daughter, and relatives emphasized the loss not only of a young man but of a father, son, brother and cousin whose death left two children without their father.
Investigators indicated early in the case that they were searching for a known suspect or suspects. One report stated that police were looking for a gray-and-gold Hyundai Sonata believed to be connected to the homicide. Authorities had not publicly identified the suspected shooter or shooters by name in the reports available following the killing. Milwaukee police continued asking anyone with information about Bond’s death to come forward as detectives worked to determine exactly what happened in the moments leading up to the gunfire.
In the publicly available reporting reviewed after the shooting, no arrest, criminal charge, trial or conviction had been announced in connection with Bond’s killing. The investigation therefore remained unresolved, with police continuing to seek the person or persons responsible for the fatal shooting.
