Eric Levon Williams was 24 when he was shot during a birthday gathering at the old American Legion building on Cherry Road in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on March 31, 2018. The shooting happened in the early hours; police arriving about 1 a.m. found no victim because Williams had been taken by private vehicle to Piedmont Medical Center and then transferred to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, where he later died. His death was ruled the city’s first homicide of 2018.

Williams served as a Specialist in the South Carolina Army National Guard and was a graduate of South Pointe High School. Family described him as a loving father to a young son and daughter and as hardworking and quiet. Detectives interviewed people who had been at the party, but no arrests have been announced and the Rock Hill Police Department has not publicly identified a suspect; the case remains unsolved.

If anyone attended that party or has information about the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.