James Williamson Jr., a 60-year-old African American man, was fatally shot in Chicago on August 21, 1995. He was buried at Oak Woods Cemetery. The killing was part of a string of violent crimes in the city that year.

Harris is linked to a spree of shootings, sexual assaults, and armed robberies across the Chatham neighborhood between February and August 1995. He was arrested on August 29, 1995, charged in multiple felony cases including Williamson’s murder, and later convicted. Initial death sentences in some of his cases were subsequently commuted to life imprisonment, and he remains incarcerated serving multiple life terms.

Does anyone have memories of the Chatham neighborhood in 1995 or information about James Williamson Jr. that could add context to his life and death?