Clarence Michael Williams was 18 when he was shot and killed on January 19, 2018, outside a Dollar General on Patton Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina. A confrontation just after 4:30 p.m. escalated into gunfire; witnesses described a chaotic scene with people scattering. Clarence was taken to Mission Hospital in critical condition and later died of his injuries.

Police identified 24-year-old Derrick Jamil Edwards as the suspect. Witnesses reported a yellow SUV fleeing the scene; officers stopped a vehicle on Fairview Road near Biltmore Village and arrested Edwards. He was charged with first-degree murder and held at the Buncombe County Detention Center without bond. Investigators said the shooting may have followed a drug deal that went wrong; personal items, including a bloody white shirt, were found around a metallic gray Volkswagen Jetta at the scene.

Does anyone have information about what happened that afternoon or saw activity near the Dollar General on Patton Avenue?