Donald Lee Williams, 51, of New Kensington, Pennsylvania, was shot once in the torso and killed on the night of December 15, 2015, after a neighborhood dispute in Arnold escalated into a street fight. The confrontation began with an argument involving teenage girls from the Williams and Reed families, grew into a brawl of roughly 15 to 20 people along the 1400 block of Taylor Avenue, and became chaotic enough that witnesses later struggled to cooperate with police.

Authorities focused on Erik Lamont Reed Jr., then 18 and living in Arnold, after testimony placed him at the scene. Williams’ widow, Rosella Williams, testified she had seen Reed with a handgun in his pants pocket shortly before the shooting and that she saw her husband wrestling on the ground when Reed approached, knelt down, and a shot was fired. Investigators recovered a shell casing but did not find the weapon at the scene. A forensic pathologist classified the death as a homicide.

Williams was the owner and operator of Donelle’s Restaurant and is remembered by family as a devoted father who enjoyed cooking, spending time with his children and dogs, and playing Xbox 360. Does anyone who was in Arnold that night or who knew Donald Williams have information that could clarify what happened during the fight?