James Jamison, a 28-year-old Black man from Milwaukee, was fatally shot on the afternoon of September 22, 2017, during a double shooting on Milwaukee’s north side near North 40th Street and West Chambers Street. The gunfire occurred at approximately 3:30 p.m. Jamison and another Milwaukee man were both wounded in the attack, turning an ordinary Friday afternoon into a homicide investigation as police and emergency personnel responded to the scene.
Both victims were transported to a hospital following the shooting. Jamison’s injuries proved fatal, and he died after arriving for treatment. The second victim, who was 29, survived but was reported to have suffered serious injuries and remained hospitalized. Authorities did not publicly identify that surviving victim in the initial reporting, and police released few details about what had taken place immediately before the gunfire.
Milwaukee police said investigators were still trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting and establish a motive. At the time Jamison’s death was announced, detectives were seeking suspects, indicating that no one had been taken into custody during the immediate aftermath of the shooting. Police did not publicly identify a suspected gunman or provide a description of anyone believed responsible in the available contemporary reporting.
No subsequent reliable online reporting located for the case identifies a suspect as having been arrested or charged with Jamison’s killing, and no trial or conviction connected to his death could be found. Publicly available cold-case listings associated with Milwaukee Police Department cases continue to include Jamison among unsolved murder victims, leaving the September 2017 shooting without a publicly documented resolution.
