TrMaine Williams

Tr'Maine Tyrelle Williams, a 22-year-old Black male from Elliott, South Carolina, was killed by gunfire on April 26, 2020, in his hometown, a small community of only a few hundred residents where a single act of violence echoes through nearly every family. His death is recorded online in brief but stark terms: he was “lost to gun violence” that day in Elliott, leaving behind a life that was still very much in its early chapters.

Online memorials paint a more intimate picture of who he ...