Dominique Williams, 17, was shot dead on the evening of July 19, 2015, at Coligny Beach Park on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. A rising high school senior who played football at Groves High School and drummed at his church, Williams had been involved in a dispute with 15-year-old John Ira Duncan III after being accused of stealing a small amount of marijuana. A fistfight between them the day before was recorded and shared on social media, and Duncan was reportedly ridiculed afterward.

On the night of the killing, friends of Williams said they warned him that Duncan was looking for him and might be armed. Around 8:15 p.m., Duncan approached Williams near the park fountain and shot him in the head at close range; emergency responders found Williams deceased at the scene. Duncan was turned in to the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office two days later and charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime. A judge ordered he be tried as an adult; at trial he claimed self-defense while the prosecution introduced witness testimony about prior threats and other evidence the jury found persuasive. The jury convicted Duncan of murder and he was sentenced to 37 years in prison for Williams’ death.

Did anyone in the area know Williams or recall seeing the group at Coligny Beach Park that night?