On the evening of December 29, 2022, 18-year-old Jaelen Yracheta and his 17-year-old cousin, Ava Allen, were discovered fatally shot inside a vehicle in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The tragic discovery was made near 5th Avenue and Bay Heights Road. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office pronounced both teenagers deceased at the scene, ruling their deaths a double homicide.
Yracheta had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body, while Allen had been shot in the head.
The subsequent investigation into the deaths of the two cousins quickly pointed to a targeted act. Law enforcement utilized doorbell surveillance footage from the area which captured a man with a distinct limp approaching and entering the vehicle occupied by Yracheta and Allen. Just ten seconds after the man entered the car, flashes from gunshots were visible on the video. Investigators later found Yracheta's iPhone in a sewer approximately half a mile from the crime scene. Text messages recovered from the phone revealed that Yracheta had arranged to meet an individual on Bay Heights just minutes before the shooting to sell marijuana.
The investigation led police to 22-year-old Brandon Randall of South Milwaukee, who was an acquaintance of at least one of the victims. Randall had a noticeable limp resulting from being shot in the foot a month prior to the double homicide. The phone number that Yracheta had been texting was linked to an IP address at Randall's residence. On January 10, 2023, Randall was arrested in Milwaukee. A search of his belongings uncovered two firearms, one of which was a 9mm Glock 17 with a silencer that forensic analysis confirmed was the weapon used to kill both Yracheta and Allen.
Brandon Randall was subsequently charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide. During an interview with investigators, Randall reportedly said, "Can't make it right, it's already done," and claimed he could not remember committing the crime but saw flashes. After being shown the doorbell surveillance video, he allegedly remarked, "I'm gone for the rest of my life bro." Randall later pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree reckless homicide. On June 3, 2025, a Milwaukee County judge sentenced him to 36 years in prison, with an additional 14 years of extended supervision.
