Malissa Williams, a 30-year-old Black woman, was killed on November 29, 2012, in Cleveland, Ohio, after a police shooting that ended a 22-minute, 23-mile high-speed chase. Officers had begun pursuit believing shots had been fired from the vehicle driven by Timothy Russell, though the sound was later attributed to the car’s exhaust backfiring. The chase finished in a middle school parking lot in East Cleveland, where 13 officers surrounded the vehicle and fired more than 137 shots at Russell and Williams, who were unarmed. Williams suffered 24 gunshot wounds to the head, neck, body and left arm and died. Her toxicology report detected cocaine and marijuana.

Officer Michael Brelo was charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of felonious assault; he was acquitted on May 23, 2015. Five police supervisors were charged with dereliction of duty; charges against three were dismissed and a fourth was found not guilty. The families of Russell and Williams settled a lawsuit with the city of Cleveland for $3 million in November 2014. The case, often called the 137 Shots case, sparked protests and sustained public debate about police use of force.

If anyone knew Malissa Williams or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.