On the night of October 27, 2020, 19-year-old Michael Williams was found inside his vehicle at an apartment complex on Indianapolis’s west side after the car had crashed into a tree line. Officers responding to a report of a traffic accident discovered Michael with gunshot wounds; his foot was still on the gas pedal and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting was recorded as the city’s 200th homicide of the year.

Investigators say the death followed a planned robbery. Michael’s mother reported he left home after receiving two phone calls; the last text came from Dashawn Williams. Surveillance shows Michael’s car arriving at a meeting spot named in that final text. An SUV pulled up, Dashawn exited, briefly entered Michael’s car, and later approached again. Two other people then joined at the victim’s window and Michael was shot in the head. Dashawn later admitted he intended to rob Michael of a gun and acknowledged the altercation.

Police arrested 19-year-old Nathaniel Williams on November 18, 2020, for a role in the homicide; officials confirmed he and the victim were not related. Another man, Dashawn Williams, was charged with murder and robbery. Did anyone see Michael the night he left home or recognize the SUV seen on the surveillance footage?