On the evening of March 28, 2007, James M. Williams, 24, a Black/African American man, was fatally shot in Boston. The shooting occurred at about 5:22 p.m. near the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Talbot Avenue in the Mattapan neighborhood. Officers from District 3 responding to a report of a person shot found Williams at 870 Blue Hill Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Boston Medical Center, where he died. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the manner of death a homicide and the Boston Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation.

The case remains unsolved and no arrests or suspects have been publicly announced. The Boston Police Department continues to list James M. Williams among its unsolved 2007 homicides. If anyone has information about what happened that evening or remembers activity around Blue Hill and Talbot avenues that could help, please come forward.