Tyler D. Williams was 18 when he was shot in Lexington, Kentucky, on the night of Saturday, July 1, 2017. Police responded about 11:30 p.m. to gunfire near North Martin Luther King Boulevard and East Fifth Street and found Williams with multiple gunshot wounds to his back. He was taken to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center and died in the early hours of Sunday, July 2, 2017; the Fayette County Coroner’s Office recorded three gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

Witnesses reported seeing several males flee the scene in an older model white SUV, possibly a Jeep Grand Cherokee. If anyone has information about the shooting, the vehicle, or those who were in the area that night, please come forward.