Ollie Williams, a 27-year-old African American man from Danville, Illinois, was shot and killed on July 7, 2017 while riding his bicycle in the 1400 block of Eastview Road. A car pulled up beside him and someone inside fired multiple shots; Williams was pronounced dead later that evening at the hospital.

Investigators arrested 25-year-old Latron Y. Cross of Danville and charged him with first-degree murder. Prosecutors described the killing as an act of revenge for the 2013 death of Cross’s sister, Latifah Cross, who was struck in a gang-related shooting. At trial the jury found Cross guilty after about four hours of deliberation, and in January 2019 Vermilion County Circuit Judge Nancy Fahey sentenced him to 59 years in prison. The prosecution presented testimony and evidence linking Cross to the vehicle and the shooting, and the case was presented as part of a broader cycle of gang violence in the area.

Does anyone have information about the neighborhood around Eastview Road in 2017 or details that could shed light on this incident?