On June 8, 2007, 14-year-old India Amani Marissa Boston, a Black female from Savannah, Georgia, was shot and killed inside a local diner. India had entered the diner with a friend, where a tense conversation about a prior altercation between the diner worker Kevin Williams and India’s older brother, John Boston, turned into a heated argument.

Kevin Williams was arrested after the shooting and claimed the death was accidental. A jury rejected that defense and convicted Williams of involuntary manslaughter for reckless conduct in handling the firearm, and of making a false statement to a law enforcement officer. The case record notes longstanding animosity tied to the earlier incident involving India’s brother.

If anyone was at the diner that evening or has information about what led to this confrontation, please share what is known.