Shamel Williams, 30, was killed in a street shooting in Roosevelt, New York shortly after midnight on June 9, 2019. Williams, a Black man from Jamaica, Queens, was standing with two other men on West Fulton Avenue when a car approached. An argument between the men on the street and occupants of the vehicle escalated; someone in the car produced a firearm and opened fire. Williams was struck in the chest, taken to a nearby hospital, and pronounced dead at 12:32 a.m. The two other victims, ages 21 and 26, were also wounded and reported in stable condition.

Nassau County Police detectives treated the incident as a homicide and used ShotSpotter technology that detected the gunfire. In the days after the shooting authorities identified Williams as the deceased but had not made any arrests; the suspect or suspects remained unknown and at large. If anyone has information about the shooting on West Fulton Avenue the detectives would like to hear from you.