Brandon Williams was 25 when he was shot and killed on the morning of December 8, 2021, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Police say a verbal dispute on Lobdell Boulevard around 9:25 a.m. escalated into a shooting; officers arriving at the scene found Williams deceased and the suspect gone from the scene.

Investigators identified a suspect and, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Baton Rouge Police detectives arrested 26-year-old Jecody Spann of Baker, Louisiana, on January 18, 2022. Spann was charged with second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon in connection with the killing.

A jury later convicted Spann of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and on May 7, 2024, he received a 20-year prison sentence for his role in Williams’s death. If anyone knew Brandon Williams or witnessed the events on Lobdell Boulevard that morning, please share what you remember.