Updated: 10:34 PM EST December 18, 2020
ORANGEBURG, S.C. Orangeburg County investigators are looking for a suspect involved in a deadly shooting earlier this week. Officials say 49-year-old Karl Williams was shot and killed at an Orangeburg home when he answered the door after someone knocked on it. Karl was just a fun-loving brother-cousin, said Leslie Badger.
Badger is Williams cousin. Badger says she remembers her cousin as a humble man who would do anything to better his community. She goes on to say she was devastated when she received the news of his death. This is a man who never got in trouble, explained Williams. Then, he goes to get shot by answering the door. I was mad; I was furious.
And just like peanut butter and jelly make for a familiar combo, so did Williams and Johnson.
âWe did a lot of stuff together,â Johnson said. âHe clowned on me and I clowned on him.â
When Johnson graduated from Clemson University, he returned to Orangeburg and worked as the wide receivers coach at Bethune-Bowman High School.
Williams worked there, too, as the defensive backs coach.
They coached together for a year before Johnson took another job.
Johnson said Williams has worked in the local school district since.
He was most recently Brookdale Elementary Schoolâs parent liaison and in the computer lab.