On June 14, 2020, Haley Leigh Hutcheson was driving with some friends when she was hit by gunfire and killed. Authorities suspected that the shot had come from another vehicle in the area, and after a few days of investigation, it was determined that 21-year-old William Wilson was the shooter. Once he was identified, William claimed that Haley and her friends had been threatening him and shouting racial epithets, so he fired a few "warning shots" at the rear of their truck, accidentally striking 17-year-old Haley in the back of the head. William's girlfriend, who was riding with him at the time of the shooting, later testified that she never heard any racial comments directed at them.