A shooting near 24th and Capitol in Milwaukee left one person dead and another injured, with authorities now confirming the fatality came after a 24-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene and a 25-year-old was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner has confirmed the fatal shooting in the area, closing the loop on a case that police say may have stemmed from an argument.
According to TMJ4, authorities arrived at the scene at about 3:20 p.m. and found the 24-year-old victim already dead, while the 25-year-old was rushed to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound. Police told the station that the shooting may have been the result of an argument, though what exactly led up to the gunfire remained unclear at the time. The Milwaukee Police Department said it was investigating the incident, and no further details on a motive or suspect were released in that report.
The victim who died has since been identified. Per WISN, the 24-year-old was named Monday as Asonta Lamont James Woodley. The station's report also noted that the shooting happened near 24th Place and Capitol Drive, with the 25-year-old injured in the same incident.
A Corridor With a Troubled Recent History
This is not the first deadly shooting Milwaukee police have worked in the immediate area. TMJ4 separately reported on the death of a 26-year-old Milwaukee man who was shot and killed near 24th and Capitol in an earlier case where the motive remained under investigation and no arrests had been made.
A few blocks away, a fatal shooting near 25th and Capitol killed a 29-year-old before 7 p.m. on February 4, 2026, with the victim pronounced dead at the scene, according to CBS58. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office later identified that victim as Trevion Sims. Elsewhere in the city, a 33-year-old man was fatally shot near Reiske Park around 24th and Lapham streets, and police had not announced any arrests in that case, the station notes.
Citywide Homicide Numbers Trending Down
The violence near 24th and Capitol comes even as Milwaukee's overall homicide numbers have moved in the opposite direction this year. Homicides were down 30 percent during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period the year before, according to WPR.
Public health researchers also track shootings and homicides across the city through a dedicated dashboard maintained by the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission, a project of the Medical College of Wisconsin. That tool includes both nonfatal shootings and homicides occurring in the city and is refreshed at least monthly, giving researchers and residents an ongoing look at where gun violence is concentrated.
No arrests have been announced in connection with the shooting that killed Woodley, and police have not released additional details about what preceded the confrontation. The Milwaukee Police Department said the case remains under investigation.
