Ronevia Williams was 18 when she was killed in a drive-by shooting in Memphis on December 7, 2016. The shooting happened in the 1900 block of Oaks Avenue in the Frayser neighborhood while Williams was inside a residence. Multiple shots were fired from a passing maroon SUV; Williams was struck in the hip and later died of her wounds.

The gunfire also endangered others inside the house, including a newborn seven days old, and two men in the front yard were shot in the legs. Memphis police investigated and arrested 18-year-old Jocquez Parham in January 2017. A Shelby County grand jury indicted him in April 2017 on first-degree murder, seven counts of attempted first-degree murder, and employing a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony.

In April 2019 a jury convicted Jocquez Parham of second-degree murder, seven counts of attempted second-degree murder, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony; at conviction he faced a minimum sentence of 15 years without parole. Does anyone have information about Ronevia’s life or the neighborhood that could shed light on that night?