John Thomas ’JT’ Williams, a 31-year-old Black man from Magnolia who was born at Dover Air Force Base, was fatally shot in Dover late on Sunday, October 23, 2016. Police were dispatched around 10:25 p.m. after a caller reported gunfire in an alley in the 500 block of River Road. Officers did not find Williams at the scene; minutes later Kent General Hospital notified police that two unidentified people had brought him to the hospital entrance and left. Williams had two gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead after admission.

Investigators treated the River Road alley and the timing of his arrival at the hospital as linked to the shooting, but initial announcements did not describe a motive, a shooter, a weapon type, or physical evidence recovered, and the two individuals who transported him were described only as unknown persons. Williams left behind his parents, a companion, and children; funeral services were held in Dover in early November with burial in Ingleside, Maryland.

Did anyone in the Dover area hear or see activity near River Road on the night of October 23, 2016?