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Purcell Pearson, 22-year-old student leader, shot and killed in Milwaukee

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Purcell Pearson, 22-year-old student leader, shot and killed in Milwaukee
Purcell Pearson

Milwaukee police have identified Purcell Pearson, 22, as the victim who was fatally shot in downtown Milwaukee on Saturday.

Police say the homicide occurred at 12:23 p.m. near North 23rd Street and West Wisconsin Avenue. Milwaukee police said a person inside a vehicle fired shots at Pearson, killing him.

Pearson was a beloved member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in May 2020.

“He was so young — he just graduated. He was just starting life after college,” fraternity brother Clint Myrick told WISN. “It’s just so tragic that this happened. He was a really warm and loving, caring person. If you were in the room with him for 5 minutes, you would love him.”

Pearson was president of his fraternity’s Zeta Iota chapter and 2019 campus Homecoming King. According to a profile of Pearson written by UW-Whitewater in June, Pearson planned to earn a doctorate in clinical psychology and open up a mental health practice in an impoverished, multicultural neighborhood.

Milwaukee police are still looking for the shooter.