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Eric D. Williams, a 28-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on August 12, 2018, near 10th and Burleigh in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Two of his children were also wounded in the incident; family members said Williams was protecting the children at the time of the shooting.

The shooter was identified as William Burks, who was 20 at the time and had been released from jail about a month earlier. In May 2019 a Milwaukee County jury convicted Burks of first-degree intentional homicide, two counts of first-degree reckless injury, and possession of a firearm by a felon. In July 2019 Burks was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 46 years.

People who knew Williams described him as funny, caring, and genuine. Does anyone have additional details about Williams, the location, or witnesses who saw what happened that day?