On the evening of Sunday, May 7, 2023, 26-year-old Quraan Williams of Baldwin was found with multiple gunshot wounds near 166 State Street in New Cassel after a 911 call reporting shots fired. Emergency responders took him to a local hospital, where a physician pronounced him dead. Known to family and friends as Q, his death prompted immediate shock and grief in the community.

Investigators moved quickly: on May 17, 2023, Nassau County homicide detectives arrested a 15-year-old male from Oceanside and charged him with second-degree murder. The teen’s name was not released because of his age; he was arraigned in youth court at the First District Court in Hempstead on May 18, 2023. Motive has not been made public. A GoFundMe was set up to help Williams’s family with funeral expenses and drew community support.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near 166 State Street that night or has information about what led to this violence, please come forward.