Brandon Deandre Williams was 20 when he died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on May 24, 2018. His funeral was held June 9, 2018, at Mount Gilead Missionary Baptist Church. Family named in notices included his mother Erica R. Lester, his brother Christopher Williams Jr., and his sister Deja Williams.

Authorities determined Brandon’s death was a homicide by gunfire. Two men from West Palm Beach, Anthony Jamal Williams, 21, and Brandon Deshad Mills, 27, were identified as suspects, arrested by U.S. Marshals in the 1400 block of Village Blvd., and initially charged with first-degree murder. The case later resolved with pleas to manslaughter and four-year sentences, with credit for time served in the Palm Beach County jail.