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A man charged with fatally shooting Anthony Lashawn Williams last summer in Norwich appeared in court Tuesday morning in New London.
Phillip Wise, 40, whose last known address was 37 Lake St., appeared virtually in court before Judge Hillary B. Strackbein. The judge scheduled a judicial pre-trial hearing in his case for June 1.
Wise allegedly shot Williams after the two got into an argument on Lake Street at about 4:30 p.m. on July 21, 2020.
Wise was arraigned in Norwich Superior Court in February after being arrested on a warrant and extradited from North Carolina. He is charged with murder in the death of 39-year-old Williams.
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As Anthony Lashawn Williams lay on a Norwich street last summer, bleeding from a gunshot wound to his torso, he asked a friend not to shoot him again, according to newly released court documents.
Just hours after being released from prison, Williams was shot by a man police identified as 40-year-old Phillip C. Wise after the two allegedly got into an argument on Lake Street.
A few hours later, Williams, who was 39, was pronounced dead.
Police initially responded to reports of a shooting near 37 Lake St. about 4:30 p.m. on July 21, 2020.
According to an arrest warrant affidavit unsealed in New London Superior Court on Friday, witnesses around that time saw Williams and his brother walking down Lake Street toward a red Hyundai that was parked outside of a white apartment building. Williams started arguing with someone in the vehicle and as he walked away, a man police identified as Wise got out of the car and fired one shot, striking Williams