Posted on 12/22/2012 10:27:48 PM PST by RC one
Still recovering from gunshot wounds incurred during a months-long gang war on the East Side, Charles Dwayne Williams had only been out of the hospital about two weeks in April 2011 when he returned to the streets to exact revenge, prosecutors said Friday as he was sentenced to life in prison.
Williams, 43, who was known on the streets as “Gat Daddy,” was convicted by a jury last month of using an assault rifle to ambush Michael Whitley — described as a rival gang member — at a gas station. He opted to have state District Judge Maria Teresa Herr decide his sentence instead of jurors.
Although investigators found about 30 bullet casings at the scene, Whitley survived the shooting and — in a move that attorneys acknowledged is very rare — agreed to testify against his gang rival during the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon trial.
Authorities believe there were at least six shootings between Williams' and Whitley's gangs from January 2011 until the day after Whitley, also known as “Gangster Mike,” was shot.
The defendant blamed Whitley for a shooting a month earlier that resulted in his renal failure and permanent need for a colostomy bag and a cane, authorities said.
Aggravated assault usually is a second-degree felony carrying a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison. The sentencing range was enhanced because of Williams' prior trips to prison, which included stints for two other non-fatal shootings in the 1990s.
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So would it have been different if instead of using one of those super dangerous assault weapons he had used a 7mm Remington with a good scope? Yeah it would have probably taken just one round to off the guy and he could have saved the other 29.
So would it have been different if instead of using one of those super dangerous assault weapons he had used a 7mm Remington with a good scope? Yeah it would have probably taken just one round to off the guy and he could have saved the other 29.
Sounds like Gat daddy couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn if he was standing inside it lucky for whitley. Guess nobody ever explained site picture, breathing, trigger squeeze, and steady position to him.
Perhaps maintaining good technique is difficult when your ostomy bag shifts around.
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