On the night of Sunday, June 23, 2019, a mass shooting outside Kelly’s Pub on Mishawaka Avenue in South Bend left 27-year-old Brandon DaMone Williams of Niles, Michigan, dead. A crowd of roughly 75 to 100 people had gathered in the parking lots when gunfire erupted; eleven people were struck and ten were taken to area hospitals. Williams was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead; an autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound and the death was ruled a homicide.

The St. Joseph County Metro Homicide Unit led the investigation but reported challenges obtaining cooperation from witnesses. Some limited parking-lot video was recovered but it did not capture the shooting itself. In August 2019 investigators publicly identified a person of interest, 28-year-old Tyler Crawford, who was said to have been present and was sought for questioning; he reportedly had an outstanding warrant for an unrelated matter. The probe was described as ongoing and the family and community continued to seek answers.

If anyone was at Kelly’s Pub that night or has information about what happened, please come forward to investigators.