On August 24, 2022, Ethan Williams, 22, was fatally shot on Broad Street in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Williams was found in the driver’s seat of his vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head after an exchange of gunfire with 30-year-old Elliott Ruff Jr.; investigators reported each man fired about five shots and recovered a handgun from each. Ruff Jr. was wounded in the lower torso and later died at a local hospital. The two deaths were recorded as the ninth and tenth homicides in Cambria County for 2022.

Johnstown police, with state police assistance, ruled the encounter mutual combat and announced no charges would be filed; investigators said they did not uncover a motive. Authorities also identified Williams as a person of interest in several other violent crimes, without providing further detail. Born February 9, 2000, Williams graduated from Greater Johnstown High School, had worked in construction and factories, and is survived by his fiancée, two children, his mother Amanda Leslie, a stepfather, and numerous siblings.

Did anyone in the area witness the shooting or know why the two men confronted each other that day?