Driver in DWI crash allegedly murdered Houston man hours earlier

The witnesses told police that Scott was standing in his front yard waving a gun when they told him to calm down and put the gun away, prosecutors said. Scott complied, stowing the weapon and joining the two in a walk down 36th St. when a white Dodge Avenger – allegedly driven by Williams – drove alongside them, prosecutors said.

Williams reportedly rolled down the driver’s side window, brandished a black pistol and fired several rounds, prosecutors said. Scott was struck at least once and collapsed.

The two witnesses threw him in the back of a car and drove him to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead, prosecutors said. At least one of the witnesses identified Williams as the shooter and gave officers the description of his Avenger.

About two and a half hours later, officers were called out to a single-vehicle crash involving a white Dodge Avenger along the North Freeway. The driver had allegedly been drinking brandy and crashed into the center concrete barrier after spilling the alcohol on his seat, prosecutors said.

When officers arrived, they learned the same man accused in the deadly shooting had been driving the Avenger when it crashed, prosecutors said.

Officers told prosecutors that Williams had slurred speech and reeked of brandy when they interviewed him after the crash. He allegedly failed a field sobriety test and volunteered to have his blood drawn for blood-alcohol content testing.

At the time of the shooting, Williams was on bond for a charge of allegedly carrying a weapon while being a felon for a Feb. 17 arrest. His criminal history dates back to 2001, when he was arrested for manufacture or delivery of cocaine, court records show.

Since that 2001 arrest, Williams racked up five other drug-related felony convictions, court records show.

A judge ordered Williams held without bond in the Harris County Jail. He’s facing up to life in prison, if convicted on the murder charge.