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2022-09-08 05:23:02 UTC
A Northern California sheriff's deputy has turned himself in to law
enforcement after he was accused in the fatal slaying of a husband and
wife in their home early Wednesday, authorities said.
Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office,
called authorities in the hours after the shooting and said he wanted to
turn himself in, officials said. Police stayed on the phone with him until
the off-duty deputy was taken into custody by the California Highway
Patrol near the Central Valley's city of Coalinga, about 160 miles south
of the crime scene.
Police were called to a home in Dublin a city in the East Bay about 35
miles from downtown San Francisco around 12:45 a.m. The 911 caller said
two people had been shot inside the residence and the suspect, later
identified as Williams, had fled in a vehicle.
Police said Williams used his service weapon in the shooting and discarded
it as he fled.
Williams apparently knew the couple but investigators were still trying
"to fine-tune their connection" and determine the motive, according to
Alameda County sheriff's spokesperson Lt. Ray Kelly.
Both victims, whose names were not immediately released, were pronounced
dead at the scene.
Kelly said a male relative of the couple who was visiting was unhurt and
was talking to detectives about what occurred.
Witnesses identified the gunman as Williams, 24.
Kelly said Williams has been with the sheriff's office since September
2021 and was still on probation. He had been assigned to the Oakland
courthouse and there were no concerns about his job performance.
Williams, who is from Stockton, briefly worked with the Stockton Police
Department, where he completed their police academy but was ultimately let
go after he failed their field training program, Kelly said.
Stockton Police spokesperson Officer Joseph Silva said he could not
discuss why Williams left the department because it is a "personnel
matter." He confirmed Williams worked for the Stockton Police Department
from January 2020 to January 2021.
The Deputy Sheriffs' Association of Alameda County, the union that
represents rank-and-file deputies, did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.
"It's a great loss for our community and it's even more disheartening to
find out it was one of our own, actually, who was the trigger person
behind this tragic incident," Dublin Police Chief Garrett Holmes said
during a Wednesday press conference, according to CBS Bay Area.
Holmes became emotional while giving his statement. Kelly later told
reporters it was because he was the one who "talked the suspect into
surrender," spending about 45 minutes on the phone with him, CBS Bay Area
reported.
"This has been a very difficult day for him and for our department," Kelly
said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-sheriffs-deputy-devin-williams-
suspect-double-murder/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3b
enforcement after he was accused in the fatal slaying of a husband and
wife in their home early Wednesday, authorities said.
Devin Williams Jr., a deputy with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office,
called authorities in the hours after the shooting and said he wanted to
turn himself in, officials said. Police stayed on the phone with him until
the off-duty deputy was taken into custody by the California Highway
Patrol near the Central Valley's city of Coalinga, about 160 miles south
of the crime scene.
Police were called to a home in Dublin a city in the East Bay about 35
miles from downtown San Francisco around 12:45 a.m. The 911 caller said
two people had been shot inside the residence and the suspect, later
identified as Williams, had fled in a vehicle.
Police said Williams used his service weapon in the shooting and discarded
it as he fled.
Williams apparently knew the couple but investigators were still trying
"to fine-tune their connection" and determine the motive, according to
Alameda County sheriff's spokesperson Lt. Ray Kelly.
Both victims, whose names were not immediately released, were pronounced
dead at the scene.
Kelly said a male relative of the couple who was visiting was unhurt and
was talking to detectives about what occurred.
Witnesses identified the gunman as Williams, 24.
Kelly said Williams has been with the sheriff's office since September
2021 and was still on probation. He had been assigned to the Oakland
courthouse and there were no concerns about his job performance.
Williams, who is from Stockton, briefly worked with the Stockton Police
Department, where he completed their police academy but was ultimately let
go after he failed their field training program, Kelly said.
Stockton Police spokesperson Officer Joseph Silva said he could not
discuss why Williams left the department because it is a "personnel
matter." He confirmed Williams worked for the Stockton Police Department
from January 2020 to January 2021.
The Deputy Sheriffs' Association of Alameda County, the union that
represents rank-and-file deputies, did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.
"It's a great loss for our community and it's even more disheartening to
find out it was one of our own, actually, who was the trigger person
behind this tragic incident," Dublin Police Chief Garrett Holmes said
during a Wednesday press conference, according to CBS Bay Area.
Holmes became emotional while giving his statement. Kelly later told
reporters it was because he was the one who "talked the suspect into
surrender," spending about 45 minutes on the phone with him, CBS Bay Area
reported.
"This has been a very difficult day for him and for our department," Kelly
said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-sheriffs-deputy-devin-williams-
suspect-double-murder/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3b