John Williams was 28 when he was killed in Osceola, Arkansas, on the evening of October 12, 2016. A Facebook photo showing Williams with a large amount of money apparently made him a target; a robbery was planned after a dice game earlier that day on Broadway Street. Several men at the game, including Harold Weeden and Zebarius Hawkins, were seen talking; Weeden left after Hawkins whispered to him and later, with Hawkins and Ashton Clark, discussed "hitting a lick." The group was later captured on surveillance in a small black SUV with a campaign sign on its side.

Williams was shot once in the back of the head; the bullet was identified as a 9 mm Luger and he died at the scene. Weeden later agreed to testify for the state in exchange for a conditional 15-year sentence and implicated Clark. In 2018 a Mississippi County jury convicted Ashton Clark of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, but that conviction was later reversed and dismissed on appeal for insufficient corroboration of the accomplice testimony.

Did anyone in Osceola see the black SUV with the campaign sign or know more about the men at that Broadway Street dice game?