Naytasia Williams was 25 when she was fatally shot on August 28, 2020, while sitting in her car with a friend at an east side Indianapolis apartment complex. The Marion County Coroner’s Office reported she suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Eyewitness accounts from the friend said a security guard flashed a light into the vehicle and then fired three shots without warning; the friend recalled Williams had a licensed handgun visible on the front seat. After being shot, Williams got out of the car, said she was hit, and then collapsed.

Attention focused on security guard Melvin Hall Jr., who was arrested and charged with murder. Hall had prior involvement in at least one other shooting as a security guard earlier that year and had faced a 2015 prosecution for impersonating a police officer that was later reversed on appeal. Hall maintained he acted in self-defense, saying Williams tried to run him and his employees over. At trial a jury found Hall not guilty, concluding he had acted in self-defense.

Did anyone who knew Naytasia or who was at the scene have details that haven’t been shared publicly?