William Oliver was a 20-year-old Black man from Grand Prairie, Texas, who was fatally shot on the night of July 23, 2020. Police responded about 9:20 p.m. to the 5800 block of Candlelight Lane; investigators determined Oliver had been shot there and he was taken to Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. Detectives said early on that the shooting did not appear random and that Oliver had been specifically targeted, but they did not describe a suspected motive or what happened immediately before the gunfire.

Arrests followed: Keinoen Shamur Mondy of Dallas was arrested on August 4, 2020, and on October 15 Grand Prairie detectives with the U.S. Marshals Service North Texas Fugitive Task Force arrested Mikeal Jackson of Dallas. Police announced both men faced capital murder charges and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office was handling the prosecutions.

Did anyone in the community see or hear anything on Candlelight Lane the night of July 23 that could help explain what led to this targeted killing?