“He was always there for me. He just treated me with respect,” said Peters, now a manager at Burger King. “He influenced me not to get in with the wrong crowd. And it truly helped. I’m working. I don’t get in trouble.

“He always worked hard and just lived life the right way. He always had a smile on his face — always. I just hope they can get justice for him because this is just senseless. He didn’t deserve this.”

Robbery interruptedKenosha Police said Monday they believe Reavers had gone to the upstairs apartment to loan a vacuum to his neighbor Angela Woods and may have interrupted an armed robbery underway.

Police said Woods “was involved in illegal drug activity, which may have led to the armed robbery.”

The shooting occurred at 8:30 a.m. on a Sunday.

Neighbors told the Kenosha News that they heard a single gunshot that morning, followed by screaming. One witness said Reavers had been shot in the back of the head.

A neighbor described seeing a man with a mask run from the house after the shooting, running into an alley and then to a small, blue or teal older-looking four-door sedan parked near 23rd Avenue. Police described him as a white male and said he was masked.