On the evening of May 16, 2023, 22-year-old Jalen FAZO Rieger-Williams was fatally shot inside the Quick Stop convenience store at West 18th and Chestnut Streets in Erie, Pennsylvania. Erie police identified 26-year-old Jaquan Harris as the primary suspect; surveillance footage and other evidence led to Harris’s arrest on May 17, 2023, and he was charged with criminal homicide and first-degree murder and held without bond.

The Sisters of Saint Joseph held a Take Back the Site vigil at the store to honor Rieger-Williams and call for non-violence; it was the second such event at that location after previous violent incidents. Family remembered him as kind and humble, a Pittsburgh Steelers fan who enjoyed fishing and country music, had earned his GED in 2019, worked at Splash Lagoon for two years, and is survived by his 9-month-old son Jayce MeKhai, girlfriend Janelle Arnold, his mother Ruth Williams, siblings and extended family.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact authorities.