Shalecia Shavea Williams was a 21-year-old mother found shot inside an apartment at Heritage Park Apartments on Snow Lane in east Charlotte on the afternoon of Sunday, April 28, 2019. She and a 29-year-old man identified as her boyfriend were both discovered with gunshot wounds; both were taken to a local hospital and the man survived, while Shalecia succumbed to her injuries.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the shooting grew out of an argument. The next day officers, with help from the Gastonia Police Department, arrested 23-year-old Reco Lamont Perry Jr. and charged him with murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and they arrested 18-year-old Beyonce Rorie, charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Perry’s defense claimed he went to the apartment unarmed, was set up for a robbery, and shot in self-defense; the prosecution did not contest those allegations and Perry later apologized to the family.

In November 2019 Perry pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 38 to 58 months in prison. Shalecia’s family described her as having a big heart and mourned the loss of a young mother who loved her one-year-old son. Did anyone know Shalecia or have information about her life or the people involved?