Julian Ray Williams, a 35-year-old African American man, was found dead on May 26, 2017, at the Presley Apartment complex in the 900 block of E. Stonewall Street in uptown Charlotte. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department classified his death as a homicide and opened an investigation.

Police reported that Williams was murdered during an armed robbery and kidnapping. Authorities say the suspect, 20-year-old Andre Amir Young-Johnson, was charged in connection with the killing. Investigators believe Williams and Young-Johnson knew each other, but the exact nature of their relationship remained unclear. Residents of the complex described the area as usually safe and quiet, and the killing was the city’s 33rd homicide that year.

Anyone with information about Julian Ray Williams, his last movements, or his relationship with the charged suspect is asked to come forward.