Roy Williams was sentenced to death by the State of Pennsylvania for the murder of James McDonnell
According to court documents Roy Williams would walk out of an arcade and fatally shoot James McDonnell. Williams would be tell police he shot the first white person he saw
Roy Williams would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death
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Roy Williams Now
Parole Number: 2833O
Age: 58
Date of Birth: 12/26/1964
Race/Ethnicity: BLACK
Height: 5′ 10″
Gender: MALE
Citizenship: USA
Complexion: LIGHT
Current Location: PHOENIX
Permanent Location: PHOENIX
Committing County: PHILADELPHIA
Roy Williams Case
On January 27, 1988, after advising his friends that he was going to kill the first white man he saw, Roy Williams shot and killed James McDonnell, a white male who was walking along the sidewalk toward Roy Williams and the others. Roy Williams fled to Massachusetts where he committed another murder and additional crimes before being captured and returned to Pennsylvania to be tried for McDonnell’s murder
