On December 3, 2017, at about 2:39 a.m., a shooting at the Photo Shop Lounge, 1420 E. 5th Avenue in Columbus, left 28-year-old Dominic Davon Williams mortally wounded. Witnesses said a brief altercation occurred inside the lounge shortly before the shooting. Emergency responders transported Williams to Grant Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased at 7:44 a.m. by attending physicians.

Williams was celebrating his 28th birthday and worked as a Columbus City Schools bus driver. He was the father of a two-year-old child. His mother, Rhonda Williams, had already lost two other sons to violence: 24-year-old Donavon Williams, who was shot the previous year, and 14-year-old Billy Dee, who was killed in a robbery in 1996. No arrests have been announced in Dominic Williams’ killing.

Anyone who was at the Photo Shop Lounge that night or who has information about the altercation or the shooter is asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers.