A summer gathering in a South Bend parking lot ended in fatal gunfire on June 13, 2020. Seventeen-year-old Allen Williams, who was Black, was shot in the chest during an altercation that began when a woman at the party, Kristy Lynn Hawkins, argued with another woman. Witnesses say Hawkins retrieved a handgun from her vehicle and fired multiple times; one bullet struck Williams. Police described a chaotic scene with 50 to 70 youths present and used a chemical irritant to disperse the crowd so officers could reach the victim. Williams was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators identified Kristy Hawkins through social media and witness testimony and arrested her four days later. Hawkins gave varying accounts to police, including claims that others were firing and that she tried to aid Williams after the shooting; witnesses and audio evidence contradicted those statements. A jury found Hawkins guilty of murder and of using a firearm in the offense after a three-day trial in March 2022. In May 2022 she was sentenced to a total of 52 years in prison, including a 45-year term for murder and seven years for the firearm enhancement.

Did anyone who attended that gathering or who knew Allen see what happened that night and can add details about the sequence of events?