Robert William’s attorneys don’t dispute he was the gunman but said he shot in reaction to the other man lunging at him after he was taunted with racial slurs.
Attorneys for a man accused of first degree Murder want the testimony of a witness from a different trial who has since been murdered disallowed, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 33 year old Robert Williams Jr is accused of killing Vincent Hemenway in August of 2020. Williams and h .
The victim of an early Sunday morning shooting in Waterloo has been identified, according to KWWL. 26 year old Ana Berinobis-McLemore was found in an abandoned car in the 200 block of Manson Street, suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Berino .
Waterloo Man Charged In August Homicide
Seven months after a fatal shooting in Waterloo, authorities have charged a man in the homicide case.
On Tuesday, police charged 32-year-old Robert Williams of Waterloo with first-degree murder. He s accused of killing Vincent Hemenway at 556 Adrian St. on Aug. 15.
Officers and paramedics found the 49-year-old Hemenway had been shot when they arrived at the scene just before midnight. Hemenway later died at a local hospital and the State Medical Examiner later ruled his death a homicide.
Williams was charged while in custody at the Black Hawk County Jail, police said. Records show Williams has been in police custody since Aug. 17, when he was arrested on assault and weapons charges connected to another shooting in an alley near West 6th Street.