David M. Williams, 22, male, was shot and killed on the evening of July 21, 2010, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Police were called at about 8:25 p.m. to the 2500 block of West Burleigh Street, where Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. Another man who had been with him was also shot but survived. Early information indicated that both men had prior drug arrests, and detectives said they were examining whether the attack was connected to drugs or an attempted robbery.
The block where Williams fell sits in a corridor that has long struggled with gun violence, and that summer saw a string of shootings on Milwaukee’s north side. Initial reports offered no description of the assailant, and investigators did not publicly identify a suspect. By the end of the year, Williams’ killing appeared on a Journal Sentinel tally of 2010 homicides with no charges issued, underscoring that the case remained uncleared at that time.
Later compiled databases of Milwaukee homicides continue to list the fatal shooting on West Burleigh without noting an arrest, reflecting the absence of publicly reported charges tied to Williams’ death. The case has been memorialized in local homicide databases as part of the city’s unresolved killings from 2010.
