Jamarius Williams was 19 when he was fatally shot on June 26, 2022, in the 2000 block of Lions Court in Springfield, Illinois. Officers were called about 6:40 p.m. after a disturbance that escalated into a shooting. A vehicle tried to take Williams to the hospital; emergency personnel then transported him to HSHS St. John’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m. The Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, said Williams died from a single gunshot wound to the back.

The shooting was the city’s fifth homicide of 2022 and the second within a week. Anyone who may have information about what happened on Lions Court that evening is asked to come forward.