Ethan Williams, 20, traveled from Indianapolis to New York City for the first time with friends on October 24, 2020, hoping to film skateboarding videos. The Indiana University sophomore was staying with friends at an Airbnb on Eldert Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Around 2:30 a.m., while the group sat on the front stoop, gunfire erupted and Williams was struck in the chest. He was taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where he died of his wounds. Police said he was an innocent bystander and not the intended target.

Williams was remembered by family as kind, compassionate and passionate about filmmaking, active in his community and engaged in efforts to combat violence. An arrest was announced on November 3, 2022; prosecutors said the suspect confessed and claimed he fired after mistaking someone on the stoop for a person connected to his cousin’s death.

If anyone saw activity on Eldert Street the night of October 24, 2020, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.