Rayqwan J. Williams was 19 when he was found with a gunshot wound at a home on McDougal Drive in the Arran Lakes neighborhood of Fayetteville, North Carolina. Emergency workers responded about 3:45 a.m. on October 6, 2018, and Williams was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was the second homicide in Fayetteville within five days.

An 18-year-old from Fayetteville, Talton L. Jones, was later arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter; the arrest warrant was issued by the Cumberland County Magistrate’s Office and bail was set at $30,000. Jones and Williams had been teammates on E.E. Smith High School’s 2015–16 varsity basketball team, and both lived on the 600 block of Platinum Street. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear, and police asked the public for information.

Funeral services for Williams were held at the Prayer of Faith Evangelistic Church in Warsaw, North Carolina. If anyone knew Rayqwan or has information about what happened that night, please come forward.