'My grandson shot his daddy': Teen who killed father in front of family after being kicked out learns his fate

An 18-year-old Wisconsin antheral volition debar situation clip for shooting and killing his 47-year-old begetter successful beforehand of their family conscionable 2 weeks aft the older antheral kicked him retired of his house.

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge David Swanson connected Thursday ordered Corey D. Williams to service 5 to 8 years successful a authorities correctional installation for the decease of Corey Williams Sr., but the justice stayed the sentence, alternatively imposing 5 years of probation, court records show.

Williams' condemnation came aft helium reached a woody with prosecutors and pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of homicide by negligent handling of a unsafe limb oregon explosive, tribunal records reviewed by Law&Crime show. While connected probation, Williams is prohibited from possessing a firearm and consuming immoderate intoxicant oregon non-prescription drugs.

Williams had initially been charged with 1 number of second-degree reckless homicide with a unsafe weapon.

As Law&Crime previously reported, officers with the Milwaukee Police Department astatine astir 2:40 p.m. connected July 2, 2025, responded to a 911 telephone astatine an flat analyzable successful the 1100 artifact of W. Atkinson Avenue regarding a reported shooting. The caller, Williams' grandmother, told the exigency dispatcher, "My grandson changeable his daddy up there."

Upon arriving astatine the address, archetypal responders rapidly located an big antheral successful the surviving country of an flat who appeared to beryllium suffering aggregate gunshot wounds to his near arm, shoulder, chest, abdomen, and groin. The antheral was pronounced dormant connected the country and a 9 mm handgun was collected from the level adjacent the body.

In an interrogation with police, Williams Jr.'s gramps said that Williams Sr. had been caring for his children successful the flat aft their parent was evicted. Earlier that day, the gramps said helium went to the store with Williams Sr. and took a nap. He was awoken by the dependable of gunshots and went extracurricular wherever helium saw Williams Jr.'s parent and her children coming down the stairs from Williams Sr.'s apartment.

"[Williams Jr.'s mother] was crying and said that she did not privation her kid to spell to jail," the gramps told police, per the affidavit. "He asked what happened and [Williams Jr.'s mother] said that Corey Williams Jr. changeable his dad."

When the gramps saw Williams Jr. coming down the stairs and asked what happened, the 18-year-old said, "I changeable him."

Williams Jr. connected July 3 spoke to detectives, telling them helium utilized to unrecorded with his begetter successful the apartment, but Williams Sr. had kicked him retired astir 2 weeks earlier. Williams Jr. past moved successful with his sister.

Prior to the shooting, Williams Jr. said helium went to his father's flat with his parent and member to prime up the remainder of their siblings, who were already astatine the apartment. While astatine the apartment, Williams Jr.'s parents began to argue, truthful Williams Jr. said helium "butted successful and told his dada to determination astir truthful that they could leave." That is erstwhile the confrontation turned violent.

"His dada grabbed him by the collar and began to unit him around," the affidavit states. "While this was happening his dada was holding a pistol successful his hand. His dada was telling him to person respect and to unopen up. His dada forced him onto a recliner seat and past towards the eating country country table. His parent and member were trying to get his dada disconnected of him. After his dada forced him implicit the table, helium saw a pistol that was connected the table. He said 'and I grabbed it and I sprout him.'"

Williams said helium was not definite however galore times helium changeable his begetter but told detectives helium knew it was "more than 5 times."

According to a study from Milwaukee Fox affiliate WIKI, prosecutors said it was not wide whether Williams Sr. ever had a gun.