Two hip-hop artists were found dead in a recording studio in Milwaukee on Monday afternoon.
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WISN reported that Dequaiseon D. Evans, 21, and Quentene E. Williams, 33, were both shot and killed.
Evans goes by the stage name Lil Sheisty, and Williams was known as Funny $Money, according to Billboard.
Police were called to 31st Street and Cameron Avenue around 3:40 PM, where they found 21-year-old Daquaiseon Evans and 33-year-old Quentene Williams dead from gunshot wounds. A 28-year-old was arrested.
"I've been wearing his jackets to feel like he's close to me," said Jaquaisa Evans, the victim's sister.
"I've been listening to his songs ever since, she added. "I got to hear his voice."
Jacquasia Evans is Daquaiseon's twin. She said her brother was passionate about music and his family.
"He was a rapper, and he was very family oriented. He's got three kids that he loved dearly," said Jaquaisa Evans.
Family Mourns Fallen Rappers
Family said that gun violence has been a repeated, tragic issue in years past.
"In our family, the last couple of years, it's been a repeated cycle. Our younger generation is passing on," family member Shantia Jones told Fox 6.
"We need to change our focus," Evans' cousin, Trinika Walker, told Fox 6. "We need to change our mindset if we want to live."
Billboard called Williams "a key member of the Milwaukee hip-hop scene." The independent artist recently uploaded a music video for his song "Goldie/I Ain't Lying."Earlier this year, the 33-year-old lyricist released the Paid But Not Full, Vol. 1 album.
A spokesperson for the Milwaukee Police Department stated that they are still investigating what led to the double-fatal shooting.
Gun Violence Issues Continue in Milwaukee
Wisconsin Public Radio reported that there were 49 homicides from January through the end of June in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said in July that it will take all parties to make the city safer.
"It takes everybody," Johnson said. "I think that folks here in Milwaukee are listening to that message. They're heeding that message."
"Community groups, youth-serving agencies, churches, all of them are part of the process," Johnson said.
