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The incident began at about 2 p.m. on Dec. 3, when Williams was leaving the Let’s Get Poppin gourmet popcorn store on S. Western Ave., say police.
“He was not just a customer,” store manager Larry James told the
Chicago Tribune. “He was family.”
Just before he was shot and killed, Williams was inside the store laughing and chatting with everyone, just like he always did, he told the
Chicago Tribune.
“It hurts,” James said.
Police released surveillance video showing Williams walking to his vehicle when a four-door Ford Fusion pulled up and three males exited and rushed toward him, say police, CBS 2 reports.
CHICAGO (WLS) A 15-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a retired Chicago firefighter earlier this month in Morgan Park.
The boy faces first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery charges, according to the Cook County State s Attorney s Office and Chicago police. He was taken into custody Wednesday at his Chicago Heights home.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said a second person, an adult, is in custody in connection with the shooting and police are seeking two other adults. Anytime we have a juvenile suspect it is always shocking and takes aback to what we could have done to redirect this young person s life, Supt. Brown said.
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Boy, 15, charged in murder of retired Chicago firefighter in carjacking
By Sun-Times Media Wire
Boy, 15, charged in murder of retired Chicago firefighter in carjacking
A 15-year-old boy faces a murder charge in connection to the fatal shooting of a retired Chicago firefighter during a South Side carjacking.
CHICAGO - A 15-year-old boy faces a murder charge in the
The teen, who is not being named because he is charged as a juvenile, was unarmed at the time of the shooting. He was with two other people who had guns when they confronted 65-year-old Dwain Williams at gunpoint on Dec. 3 in an apparent attempt to rob him, Cook County prosecutors said in court Thursday.
Dwain Williams, 65, was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking on Dec. 3 after leaving Let s Get Poppin, a gourmet popcorn shop in the Beverly Woods neighborhood.
The Chicago Police Department released surveillance footage last week showing the moments leading up to and following the fatal shooting.
Williams shielded himself with his SUV, which was decorated with a red Rudolph nose and reindeer antlers, as he returned fire at the suspects. The veteran firefighter sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
As seen in surveillance video, the suspects jumped back in the vehicle they arrived in as a fourth individual drove the car away.