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Travon Lamar Williams, 26, was fatally shot on July 8, 2016, outside Superior Liquor in San Bernardino, California. The ambush-style attack occurred about 9:15 p.m. when a gunman waiting outside opened fire as three people exited the store. Williams, his 9-year-old son Travon Williams, and family friend Samathy Mahan, 25, were all killed; the shooter fled on foot and surveillance images were later released.

Investigators considered Mahan a likely target because he was a documented gang member who had recently been paroled; Williams and his son were not affiliated with gangs and were described as innocent bystanders. An arrest was made when alleged gang member Trayvon Brown was charged in the case, but those charges were dropped in April 2017 due to insufficient evidence, a decision that deeply disappointed the victims’ families.

Williams had previously lost his twin brother Traveil to a separate shooting ten years earlier and left behind three daughters and a long-term partner. Does anyone have information about the July 8, 2016 ambush or remember seeing suspicious activity near Superior Liquor that night?