Darren Lamar Williams, a 28-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, died on May 6, 2014, after a shooting that began in Chester and ended across the city line in Upland. The account that emerged publicly was brief but stark: Williams was shot near Ninth and Kerlin Streets on a Tuesday afternoon, then attempted to get himself toward help by driving in the direction of Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
He never made it inside the hospital.
After being wounded, Williams drove his car until it crashed into a fence near 22nd and Upland Street in Upland. Responders found him there, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Delaware County Medical Examiner determined that he died from a single gunshot wound to the neck, and his death was ruled a homicide.
The killing added to an already violent year in Chester. At the time, local reporting described Williams' death as the 12th homicide in Chester in 2014 and the 19th homicide in Delaware County that year, placing his death within a broader wave of shootings and killings affecting the area.
Available online reporting does not identify a suspect or suspects in Williams' killing. It also does not show any publicly reported arrest, charges, trial, plea, or conviction connected to the homicide. The public record that can be located leaves the case with only the outline of what happened: Williams was shot in Chester, tried to drive for medical help, crashed before reaching the hospital, and died from his wound.
