Willie Williams III was 17 when he was shot and killed on April 1, 2006, outside the Ford City shopping center in Chicago. A standout basketball player at Robeson High School and a member of the Jesse White Tumblers, Willie had been at a late-night showing of the movie ATL when a verbal exchange between two groups inside the theater escalated into a fight in the parking lot. As Willie walked toward where a friend was involved in the confrontation, 27-year-old Eddie Fenton reportedly approached him from behind and shot him in the head with a revolver.

The case went unsolved for several years before new witnesses came forward in 2010, and the investigation received wider attention after being profiled on America’s Most Wanted. At trial prosecutors described the shooting as premeditated; the defense challenged key witness credibility, noting reliance on informants and convicted felons. A jury found Eddie Fenton guilty of first-degree murder in 2012 after a four-day trial. Anyone who knew Willie or has information about the events that night is asked to come forward.