Two men convicted of murder in the killing of a CFD lieutenant following triple - then double - jury trial
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Dwain P. Williams, a retired Chicago Fire Dept. Lt., who was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with carjackers on Dec. 3, 2020 in the 2400 block of West 118th Street.
Two separate juries late Wednesday found two men guilty of murder in the shooting death of a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant following a botched carjacking. Lt. Dwain Williams, 65, was killed on Dec. 3, 2020 as he was leaving a Southwest Side popcorn shop, having just purchased the gourmet snack for the holidays.In what began as a rare triple jury trial, prosecutors alleged that Dwain Johnson, Devin Barron and Jaylen Saulsberry, spotted Williams driving a Jeep decked out in Christmas decorations and chose him as a mark to hijack the vehicle.
But the plan went wrong, the prosecutors said, when Williams fired back after the the three defendants and a fourth 15-year-old approached him with a gun.People line up outside the Let’s Get Poppin’ popcorn shop on S. Western Avenue in Chicago on Dec. 10, 2020. The store was to donate a portion of proceeds from sales to the family of retired Chicago Fire Lt. Dwain Williams, who was shot and killed outside the store.
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