Lucas Kilpatrick, 29, a Black male, was shot and killed on December 17, 2012, on the 100 block of East Burleigh Street in Milwaukee. News coverage at the time identified the precise address as 138 E. Burleigh, and stated plainly that he was gunned down there, ending a life that neighbors and loved ones later gathered to remember.
One year later, on December 17, 2013, family and friends held a vigil at the site, lighting candles and speaking his name to keep attention on a case that had
not yielded the justice they were seeking. Local reporting emphasized that, despite the passage of a year, there had been no arrest and no identified killer.
Public cold-case listings continue to record the homicide as unsolved and list Kilpatrick’s details, including his age, gender, race, the Milwaukee location, and the December 17, 2012 date. These records reinforce what was reported after the first year: authorities had not announced a suspect, and no arrest information has been made public.
Based on the available reporting and databases, there have been no publicly reported arrests in connection with the killing of Lucas Kilpatrick, no suspect named, and no description released that led to charges; the case remains an open, unsolved homicide.
