On the evening of September 20, 2018, two men were shot on the corner of Wilkins Street in Rochester, New York. Twenty-four-year-old Markwaun Williams and 26-year-old Justin Siler both sustained fatal gunshot wounds. Williams was a father to a son, Markwaun Jr., and a daughter, Madison, and is survived by his parents, Mark and Stacie, and an extended circle of family and friends.

The Rochester Police Department arrested 17-year-old Kyrell Gilroy in connection with the double shooting and charged him with two counts of second-degree murder. Court documents state Gilroy admitted on video and audio recordings to possessing a firearm and firing the shots that killed Williams and Siler. At trial he was acquitted of the murder charges but convicted of two counts of first-degree manslaughter and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, and received a 50-year prison sentence plus five years of post-release supervision.