Marquise Williams, a 23-year-old Black man from Mantua, was fatally shot the afternoon of February 11, 2014, near 40th and Poplar streets in West Philadelphia. The shooting occurred around 3:45 p.m. outside the H&H Daycare and Learning Center while about 40 children were inside; none of the children were injured. Another man was wounded in the exchange.

According to court records, the confrontation began inside a corner store when Shane Payne and Erick Roseborough arrived before Williams did. Payne followed Williams into the store, blocked his exit and, during a heated exchange, lifted his shirt to reveal a .45-caliber handgun. After Payne and Roseborough left, Williams summoned his friend Antoine Ball, returned armed with a .357 handgun, and the four men crossed paths on 40th Street. Roseborough threw a punch, Williams fired twice, wounding Roseborough in the leg, and Payne fired five shots, striking Williams twice, including a fatal shot to the center of his forehead.

Payne was arrested about a week later and charged with third-degree murder and multiple weapons offenses. After a December 2015 bench trial he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and related counts; in February 2016 he was sentenced to 16 1/2 to 33 years. The Superior Court affirmed the conviction on appeal in 2017, finding Payne had provoked the encounter.

Did anyone in the neighborhood witness the confrontation inside the store or the moments on 40th Street leading up to the shooting?