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A Saturday evening BBQ cookout in Bessemer, Alabama, turned tragic on April 30, 2016, when gunfire erupted, leaving one man dead and two others wounded. The deceased was identified as 39-year-old Robert King Williams, a male resident of Bessemer. The shooting occurred at Lawson Field, a local park, where a gathering was taking place.

Reports from that night indicate that an argument broke out at the cookout, which then escalated into a physical altercation. It was during this confrontatio ...Read More

Victim Details

Robert King Williams

Male

Black / African American

Bessemer

AL

2016-04-30

39

Robert

King Williams

Yes

04/28/2026