Shannon Cade, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot inside a Charleston West Side home during the early hours of January 1, 2016, and died the next day at CAMC General. Cade was sitting at a kitchen table with his younger sister and another juvenile when someone fired repeatedly through the kitchen window. A 14-year-old girl was also struck and survived with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators concluded Cade had not been the intended target.

Prosecutors later said Antonio Carnell Williams II went to the Mathews Avenue residence after learning his girlfriend had been with another man. Williams allegedly fired through the kitchen window; he was arrested January 5 in Morgantown and ultimately indicted on first-degree murder, malicious wounding and wanton endangerment. A co-defendant, Sean Burdette, acknowledged driving Williams and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor accessory after the fact to wanton endangerment. Williams was convicted by a jury in March 2019 and received a life-with-mercy sentence plus consecutive terms.