Renate Overton says everything changed for her family after she got the call that her fiancée, James Williams, was shot and killed during an armed robbery in Antioch.
"He wasn't outside, doing anything wrong. He was at work. Even if they feel like the boy was self-defense, they went in his store while he was on the clock, and did that. That is wrong. That is not okay," Overturn said.
Deputy District Attorney Derek Butts says they consider all possible scenarios. But he says, because Williams chased after the suspects with a firearm as they were fleeing, who were a good distance away at that point, in the eyes of the law, it is no longer self-defense. And the suspects won't be charged with murder.
"Technically, when you commit a robbery, the robbery is not over until you reach a place of safety. And the robbers hadn't at this time. But the analysis is that now they are under a deadly attack when such attack was not legally justified," Butts said.Overton says Williams was a good family man, a father who worked hard to provide for her and his three daughters. As she sits with their newborn on her lap, she is reminded that their daughter will never know her father.
She adds that their family is not happy that anyone got shot, but they still believe William acted in self-defense. "We don't like the situation. We have to deal with it," said Overton, adding, "He felt protecting his self. And who knows if they would have came back in there the next day and robbed them again? And this time shot him."According to the DA's office, the suspects stole less than $200 dollars in cash and some tobacco products.The DA's office says that, given the fact that Williams was killed, they will seek greater penalties at the time of sentencing.
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