Dominique Williams, a 32-year-old man from Hyattsville, Maryland, was remembered by family as joyful, outgoing, and a devoted father to four children. He worked as a home health aide and was described by relatives as someone always willing to help others.

In the pre-dawn hours of April 7, 2021, Williams and a friend, 38-year-old James Lionel Johnson, were in the parking lot of the Takoma Overlook Condominiums in Takoma Park. A third man, Michael Thomas, was driving. Police say the three were breaking into vehicles when they were confronted by David Hall Dixon, an off-duty Pentagon police officer who lived in the building. Dixon used his car to block theirs and opened fire from behind as Thomas reversed past him. Thomas drove the wounded men to a hospital; Williams and Johnson died of upper-back gunshot wounds. The Takoma Park police chief said Dixon had no lawful or justifiable reason to shoot and kill two unarmed men.

Dixon was arrested and charged with two counts of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder for shooting at Thomas, and multiple handgun offenses; a judge ordered him held without bond. The families said they were devastated. Does anyone have information about Williams’s life in Hyattsville or the events that night that could help clarify what happened?