On July 5, 2023, at about 12:04 a.m. Minneapolis police responded to a shooting in the 1300 block of Olson Memorial Highway and found 40-year-old William Lamont Hudson unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his lower abdomen. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

A woman who identified herself as Hudson’s girlfriend told investigators the couple had been walking near their residence when they saw a man hiding in the bushes along a fence line. The man emerged, a brief exchange occurred, and the man drew a black semi-automatic pistol and shot Hudson once before fleeing. The suspect was identified as 41-year-old Ryan DeShawn Taylor; he was arrested on July 6 and, during a post-Miranda interview, admitted to the shooting. He has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder.

A funeral service for William Lamont Hudson took place July 17, 2023, at the Billman-Hunt Chapel in Minneapolis; an obituary listed his birthdate as January 9, 1983. If anyone knew Hudson or has information about the events that night, please come forward with what you know.