Elijah Jamal Williams was 23 when he was killed by a stray bullet at a party on West Northside Drive in Battle Creek, Michigan, on the night of October 26, 2019. Known to family and friends as Eli, he enjoyed old school cars, fishing and spending time with loved ones. He was taken first to Bronson Battle Creek Hospital and then transferred to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he later died.

A dispute at the gathering between Xavier Kellie-Sims and Demarko Young turned into an exchange of gunfire. Kellie-Sims was arrested and initially charged with open murder, but ballistics later showed the fatal bullet did not come from his handgun and the murder charge was dropped. Kellie-Sims remained charged with assault with intent to murder and use of a firearm for firing at Demarko Young and a woman named Kiara Mumin.

A birthday memorial for Elijah in June of the following year also ended in violence, with two people shot and killed, deepening the community’s grief. Does anyone have information about who fired the shot that killed Elijah or saw events that night?