![]() ![]() "There was some relationship that was formed rather recently within the past year and we're looking into what that is," Kelly said. He confirmed that Williams, who is Black, is not a relative of the victims, who are both Asian. Kelly said they're looking into "all angles" to determine whether there was a romantic relationship, a business relationship, or some other kind of connection to the couple. A child and two other family members were inside the residence at the time. Officials believe the victims were asleep when Williams showed up at the house. Kelly told BuzzFeed News investigators are trying to determine what happened in the hour and 45 minutes between him leaving the jail and showing up at the house, which is just a few minutes away by car. On Tuesday, he worked his normal shift at the courthouse and then reported to the jail where he worked overtime until 11 p.m. While at the Alameda County sheriff's, Williams was assigned to a courthouse in Oakland and occasionally picked up shifts at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, Kelly said. He noted that Williams was clearly "disturbed" and in crisis when he called officials to surrender. "His background was immaculate," Kelly said.īut sometime in the last several months, "significant events" must have happened in his life that his supervisors were unaware of, Kelly said. When he was hired by the Alameda sheriff's office, the department conducted "a complete and thorough" background check, as well as a psychological exam, and didn't see anything that concerned them. Kelly said Williams grew up in an affluent home, graduated from college "with honors," and was "really a remarkable young person." He previously was an officer with the Stockton Police Department, which ultimately let him go after he failed to pass his probationary period due to what Kelly described as issues with "his ability and his skill set" rather than his conduct.Ī spokesperson for Stockton police told BuzzFeed News they couldn't discuss Williams's separation with the department because it was a "personnel matter" but confirmed that he was employed there from January 2020 to January 2021. ![]() "This is not something we deal with, this is not what we're about," Kelly said. As officials were preparing to provide updates on the case at a press conference, Williams called law enforcement, saying that he wanted to turn himself in, Holmes said.Īppearing to choke up a bit as he spoke, the police chief, who spent 45 minutes on the phone with Williams, said they were able to keep him on the phone long enough to direct California Highway Patrol units to his location near Coalinga, about 160 miles south of Dublin, and take him into custody without incident. Witnesses identified the shooter as Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, and said that he had fled the scene in his vehicle, leading authorities across the state on an hourslong search for the cop. The victims, identified on Thursday as 42-year-old Maria Tran and a 58-year-old Benison Tran, were pronounced dead at the scene. reporting that an armed intruder had entered a house in the 3100 block of Colebrook Lane and shot the couple. A 24-year-old California sheriff's deputy surrendered to law enforcement after allegedly shooting and killing a married couple in their Bay Area home while he was off-duty early Wednesday morning.ĭublin Police Chief Garrett Holmes said his department received a 911 call at about 12:45 a.m. ![]()
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