Marquis King, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 3, 2017. The shooting occurred during the evening hours, and Milwaukee police opened a homicide investigation after King was killed. His death became one of the many gun-related killings investigated in the city during a particularly violent period in 2017.
Publicly available records identify King's death as a murder investigated by the Milwaukee Police Department.
Contemporary reporting confirmed that police identified King as the person killed in the July 3 shooting after authorities initially investigated the incident without publicly releasing extensive information about the circumstances. The available reporting did not establish a publicly confirmed motive or explain what events immediately preceded the gunfire.
Investigators did not publicly identify a suspect in the available contemporary reports, and no reliable online source located for this case documents an arrest or criminal charge directly connected to King's killing. There is likewise no publicly documented trial or conviction tied to his death in the available sources. Public case listings continue to associate the homicide with the Milwaukee Police Department, indicating that King's killing remained without a publicly reported resolution.
