Amari Williams was 19 when he was shot and killed in Aiken, South Carolina, on May 29, 2023. He was seated in a parked car near Redd Street Park with his fiancée and a juvenile after dropping off his fiancée’s son and waiting to meet a nephew when another vehicle approached and shots were fired into their car. Williams was struck in the head and died at Aiken Regional Medical Centers shortly before 8 p.m.; his fiancée and the juvenile were not seriously injured.

Authorities arrested 18-year-old Jaden Mitchell of Greenwood on June 13, 2023. He was booked into the Aiken County Detention Center and charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, and three counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Williams’s family said the gunfire appeared to have been intended for someone else; investigators worked to reconstruct the sequence of events. Williams’s funeral was held on June 10, 2023.

If anyone was in the area of Redd Street Park that evening or has information about who was in the other vehicle, please come forward.