On a Friday evening in March, a time for mourning was shattered by sudden violence. Robert Fisher III, a 28-year-old Black man, was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attending a wake for his uncle. The somber gathering had just concluded, and as he left the repast on March 13, 2015, tragedy befell him. Shortly before 8:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of W. Capitol Drive, a car approached.
Someone exited the vehicle and confronted Fisher. In an instant, the sound of gunfire pierced the air.
The assailant, after firing the fatal shots, got back into the car and fled the scene, leaving chaos and grief in their wake. The shooting left Fisher's family, who were already mourning the loss of one relative, reeling from the violent death of another. He was a father, leaving behind three children.
Milwaukee police identified Fisher as the victim and began their investigation into the city's 28th homicide of that year. Detectives immediately started searching for the person responsible for the killing, who remained at large. In the days following the shooting, the authorities continued to seek the shooter, though no immediate arrests were made public. The community was left to grapple with the senseless violence that had cut a young man's life short during a moment of family sorrow.
