Nathan Williams was a newly graduated Jackson Police Department officer who was killed by gunfire in Jackson, Mississippi, on January 31, 1993. He had just completed the police academy and was about to begin assignment with the department’s Direct Action Response Team when the ambush occurred.

Around 3 a.m. on that Sunday, Williams was driving through the intersection of Raymond Road and North Highland Drive when another vehicle began following him. The trailing car pulled ahead, blocked his path at a stoplight, and one of its two occupants stepped out and fired a shot into Williams’ face at close range. The wound was described as immediately fatal.

Investigators focused on both occupants of the blocking vehicle. Williams is listed on law-enforcement memorial rolls with an end of watch of January 31, 1993, and was survived by an aunt and uncle, two brothers, and two cousins.