In the early hours of a Thursday morning in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the sound of gunfire shattered the pre-dawn quiet. When police responded to a call of shots fired near 14th Avenue and 40th Street on December 5, 2019, they discovered a grim scene. Inside a home, they found two men who had been shot. One of them, a 25-year-old Hispanic male named Osiel Jaimes-Estrada, was deceased.
The other man, who was also wounded in the shooting, was treated for his injuries.
The incident was one of three separate shootings that occurred in Kenosha within the same week, prompting concerns within the community. While an arrest was made in one of the other unrelated shootings, the case of Osiel Jaimes-Estrada remained unsolved. In the days following his death, the Kenosha Police Department appealed to the public for assistance. They urged anyone with information or video footage from the area to come forward to help piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting.
Despite the public plea for information, details regarding any potential suspects or motives in the death of Osiel Jaimes-Estrada were not released. The investigation into the shooting was ongoing, leaving a community searching for answers and a family mourning the loss of a young man. Authorities encouraged anyone with information to contact the Kenosha Police Department or to remain anonymous by calling Kenosha Area Crime Stoppers.
