Demethrius D. Williams was 22 when he was shot and killed after a celebration in Jackson, Tennessee. On the night of March 27, 2021, he was at Mo Zeppy’s Hookah Café on Federal Drive with friends from Lane College celebrating his upcoming graduation. Gunfire broke out in the parking lot and Williams suffered gunshot wounds to his neck and lung. Friends drove him to the hospital but he died of his injuries.

The Jackson Police Department found numerous shell casings at the scene. Investigators later arrested 17-year-old Ryon Easley on June 3, 2021; Easley admitted during an interview to firing an AR-15-style rifle from the back of a gold Suburban as it drove away from the altercation. An indictment was returned on May 2, 2022 charging Easley with first-degree murder and other counts.

If anyone who attended that celebration or was in the area that night has information, please share what you know.