On July 21, 2023, at about 12:24 a.m. officers in Winston-Salem responded to a reported shooting in the 1100 block of East 17th Street. They found 26-year-old Devontay Demon Atkins with multiple gunshot wounds; despite immediate life-saving efforts, Atkins was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators report Atkins had been involved in a physical altercation with a 22-year-old male acquaintance during which gunfire was exchanged. The acquaintance sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released from a local hospital. Detectives later identified 29-year-old Demario Marcell Williams as the person who shot Atkins; a murder warrant was issued July 24, 2023, and Williams surrendered to the Forsyth County Detention Center on August 8, 2023. The shooting was counted as Winston-Salem’s 33rd homicide of 2023, up from 21 during the same period in 2022.

Who has information about what happened that night or knew Devontay’s movements leading up to the shooting?