Anthony Price, a 29-year-old man, died in Milwaukee on September 13, 2016. Unlike many violent deaths recorded in Milwaukee during that year, however, his case left an unusually limited public trail. Searches of contemporary Milwaukee-area news coverage and publicly accessible records do not reveal a detailed account describing where Price was found, the specific injuries that caused his death, the circumstances immediately preceding it, or the identity of anyone alleged to have caused his
death.
One significant complication is the official Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission’s report covering homicides and nonfatal shootings during 2016. The commission dedicated its report to the 139 people whose deaths were classified as homicides under the criteria used for the report and listed those victims by name. Anthony Price does not appear on that list. The commission explained that its homicide statistics were based on deaths meeting Uniform Crime Reporting definitions and that certain deaths, including cases determined to be self-defense or officer-involved incidents, were excluded. Price's absence therefore prevents his death from being confidently characterized as one of Milwaukee's officially counted 2016 criminal homicides on the basis of that report alone.
The available information does not establish why Price's death was omitted from the city's homicide list. It could reflect a classification that did not meet the commission's definition, a jurisdictional distinction, a difference between the date of death and date of the underlying incident, or incomplete or conflicting records. No reliable contemporary online report located for September 2016 provides enough information to determine which explanation applies. Because of that lack of documentation, details such as a weapon, shooting or stabbing location, motive, relationship to an assailant, or sequence of events cannot responsibly be added to his story.
Publicly accessible reporting and court information also do not identify a suspect arrested or charged in connection with Price's death. No verified criminal complaint, prosecution, trial, guilty plea, conviction, or sentence could be located linking another person to his September 2016 death. As the online record presently stands, the circumstances surrounding Anthony Price's death remain unclear, and there is insufficient reliable public information to say that authorities identified or prosecuted anyone responsible.
