Seven-year-old Dequante Hobbs Jr. was inside his family home on West Madison Street in Louisville on the evening of May 21, 2017, when a single stray bullet came through a window and struck him in the neck. He was playing on an iPad and eating cake; his mother performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Dequante was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery but died of his injuries.

The shooting began during a dispute behind the house at a dice game. Detectives later identified 23-year-old Wyatt Williams as the person who produced a gun and fired shots; one bullet entered the Hobbs residence. Williams was arrested in August 2017 while on home incarceration for a different offense and charged with Dequante’s murder. In February 2019 Williams pleaded guilty and received a 20-year sentence.

If anyone knew Dequante or witnessed the events that night, please share what you remember to help the community preserve his memory.