On July 12, 2018, Sean Schellenger was killed by a young stranger. Sean was in a heated traffic-related argument when 20-year-old Michael White arrived on a bike and began criticizing Sean's attitude and taking the side of the other driver. When Sean became angry and approached him, Michael took out a knife and ended up stabbing Sean. Then he fled the scene, tossed his knife onto a rooftop, and disposed of his bloody clothes and backpack. Sean died of a single six-inch-deep stab wound in his back.
Comparing his situation to that of Emmett Till in 1955, Michael claimed that he feared for his life after Sean used racially-charged language toward him (which was never corroborated by the various other witnesses). Michael was convicted only of tampering with evidence, and sentenced to two years' probation.