Fredrick Williams, 43, was found with a gunshot wound to the chest in an alley near the 1200 block of North Wall Avenue in San Bernardino on September 1, 2022. He was transported to a nearby hospital but died shortly afterward. The San Bernardino Police Department opened an immediate homicide investigation.

Investigators arrested 58-year-old Byron Floyd on September 5, 2022, after finding him in possession of a loaded firearm. Surveillance footage and witness statements placed Floyd at the scene armed with a gun; he was booked on murder and weapons charges and pleaded not guilty at his September 7, 2022 arraignment. Floyd’s record, as reported, includes prior convictions for manslaughter and murder in 1983 and 1993 and later convictions for drug and firearm offenses.

The motive for Williams’s killing has not been reported. Does anyone have information about Fredrick Williams or the events near North Wall Avenue that night?