Mario Williams, 39, was fatally shot in the early hours of June 30, 2022, in Cincinnati’s West End. He was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 800 block of Poplar Street and later died at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

The Cincinnati Police Department opened a homicide investigation. The shooting has shaken the neighborhood and is an example of ongoing urban gun violence that investigators are trying to address.

If anyone witnessed the incident on June 30 or has information about activity in the 800 block of Poplar Street that night, please share what you know with investigators.