Four months after 64-year-old Sharon Price was found dead in her Milwaukee home, her family says it is still stuck in limbo, waiting to learn how a single bullet tore through her window and into her life. Price’s sister, Nora Nimmer, who lives in the house directly behind hers, discovered the body and says officers on the scene first treated the death as if Price had simply fallen. The family pushed for an autopsy, which later revealed a bullet in Price’s head, and relatives say that since then, meaningful updates from investigators have been scarce.
According to WISN, the shooting happened in September near 29th and Roosevelt in Milwaukee’s Garden Homes neighborhood. Responding officers initially concluded that Price’s death was the result of a fall. After the family insisted on an autopsy, they say the results came back early the next morning, showing a bullet lodged in her head. The medical examiner later listed a gunshot wound on her death certificate. The case is still under investigation, and the family says it is no closer to real answers than it was in the first days of their shock.
“It just does not seem real that someone can be in their own home and they’re shot dead,” Nimmer told WISN. She recalled spotting blood and a hole in Price’s window and says the family still does not know whether the shooter was randomly firing or aiming at someone. Nimmer also said Price’s husband died of cancer about a month after the shooting, a second blow that left the family reeling.
Citywide context
Across Milwaukee, residents say the fear of stray bullets ripping through walls and windows has become a grim part of daily life, even as overall crime numbers shift year to year. As Urban Milwaukee reported, homicides spiked during the pandemic and then fell in 2023–24, with that drop playing out unevenly from one neighborhood to the next. Price’s killing is a stark reminder that it only takes one round to shatter several households and leave a trail of unanswered questions that can linger for months.
Family still waiting
Price’s obituary lists her date of death as Sept. 21, 2025, with services held the following month, a public record of just how long her relatives have been sitting with their grief. According to Legacy, visitation was held at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on North 29th Street. Nimmer says the family is not only mourning but also pushing for justice, and they want anyone who knows anything to step forward.
How to help
Neighbors who saw or heard anything the night Price was killed are urged to contact Milwaukee police or leave an anonymous tip with Milwaukee Crime Stoppers. The program’s tipline, 414-224-TIPS (8477), has been highlighted in local coverage as one way investigators can pick up new leads without exposing tipsters. Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story.
What comes next
For Nimmer and the rest of Price’s family, getting answers is about more than a future court date. They say understanding what happened could help prevent other families from being blindsided by gunfire in their own living rooms. Nimmer remains hopeful that someone who knows the truth will finally speak up and help investigators close the gap between a mysterious bullet hole in a window and the justice her sister’s killing still has not received.
