Joe Williams Jr., 65, was killed after a dispute over a spoiled watermelon in Bossier City, Louisiana. Williams, a Black mechanic who owned Williams Garage and was remembered by friends and family as a hard-working, fair, and honest man, bought a watermelon from a stand in the parking lot of the Cash N A Flash pawn shop on East Texas Street on July 24, 2020. After discovering the melon was bad, he returned to the stand to ask for a refund, and an argument with the seller, Colton Matthews, ensued.

As Williams tried to get into his vehicle, Matthews followed him, yelling. A coworker told Matthews to come back inside and that it wasn’t worth it, but Matthews produced a handgun and shot Williams in the head. Around 3:20 p.m. a Louisiana State Police trooper was flagged down near East Texas Street and Swan Lake Road; Bossier City Police and firefighters found Williams in the parking lot with a fatal gunshot wound. Detectives arrested 23-year-old Colton Matthews later that day and charged him with second-degree murder; a grand jury indicted him in November 2020.

Did anyone witness the argument at the stand or the moments immediately afterward who hasn’t spoken to investigators?