On the afternoon of April 23, 2020, 17-year-old Tahj Williams was fatally shot in broad daylight in front of a smoke shop at 65th Street and Dicks Avenue in the Elmwood Park section of Southwest Philadelphia. Investigators described the killing as a case of mistaken identity; two other teenagers who were with Williams were wounded in the attack.

A student at South Philadelphia High School, Williams was described as mild-mannered, a JROTC member and a team player. Raised by his grandparents and living with a learning disability, he had participated in a school district and Jefferson Health program that exposed him to medical careers and was said to be on a positive path.

Surveillance footage from street cameras and private residences reportedly showed two men lying in wait before the ambush. Charges were filed against Saedair Lindsey and Tyrek McWilliams; both were convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy, related assault and firearm counts, and later received life sentences without parole for Williams’s murder.

Did anyone in Elmwood Park see Williams that afternoon or has information about the shooting?