Kenneth Williams was a 31-year-old father who lived in Manhattan’s Fulton Houses and was described by neighbors as nice, intelligent, and caring. He was killed on the night of Tuesday, March 8, 2022, after a gunman opened fire near West 19th Street and Ninth Avenue in Chelsea. Eyewitnesses heard multiple shots; a neighbor heard someone cry for help and found Williams on the ground bleeding. He was shot in the abdomen and later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital.

A 27-year-old friend with Williams was hit in the right arm and survived. Investigators concluded Williams was an innocent bystander in what they believe began as a romantic dispute; police said the shooter’s intended target was the friend, who was reportedly in a new relationship with the shooter’s ex-girlfriend. Two days later the NYPD’s Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 28-year-old Tyrell Rodgers in the Bronx on charges of murder, attempted murder, and weapon possession, and he was awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.

If anyone who knew Kenneth or witnessed the shooting has information, please share what can help the investigation.