Shot last year, officer dies

On Saturday, Williams never regained consciousness after his decision to take a nap after having lunch with his common-lawwife of 18 years Sharon Jackson. “He and my mom had just eaten something,” said Jackson’s son Nyron. “My head not in the best place right now, but all I remember is that after they ate together, he told my mom he was going to lie down...and that was it.” A distraught Jackson said that her husband lost consciousness and was rushed to the Chaguanas Health Centre, then to the EW MSC where it was determined he was bleeding in the brain. “They said it must have been bleeding little by little for a while now, but on Saturday something burst and everything went downhill from there. They performed emergency surgery on him to drain fluid in his brain, but after that, all his organs began to shut down,” she said.

On August 24, 49-year-old Williams was at his Edinburgh 500, Chaguanas home with fellow police constable Adesh Mano.

Police reported that Williams and Mano were in the driveway when three armed suspects attempted to rob them. The officers exchanged fire with the robbers and Williams was shot in his leg. The bullet pierced Williams’ left leg, passing through his scrotum and finally lodged itself in his right leg, where it remained.

He underwent emergency surgery hours after the shooting and a second surgery in December. Since then, he had been recovering with no complications.

It was not yet confirmed whether the gunshot wound Williams’ sustained in the robbery was connected to the bleeding in his brain, but police sources said that the slow bleeding may have been the result of Williams falling and hitting his head during the robbery last August.

An autopsy is expected to be performed today.

Two men, who are out on bail, were charged in relation to the armed robbery and shooting of PC Williams who served 17 years in the Police Service. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.