Xavier Lynndale Williams, a 20-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on August 20, 2019, at a green ranch-style home at 2109 French Street in Fort Myers, Florida. Fort Myers police arrived about 9:30 p.m. and found Williams dead; two other people were wounded and survived with non-life-threatening injuries. The house where the shooting occurred was owned by Vanessa Steen Sweet. Williams’s family did not comment publicly in the immediate aftermath.

In the weeks after the shooting, 19-year-old Fort Myers resident Shyheem Taylor was identified as a suspect and later turned himself in; he was arrested on murder charges in connection with Williams’s death. The case drew attention in the community as the investigation and legal proceedings moved forward.

Did anyone in the area know Williams or have information about the events at the French Street home that night?