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Life Sentence for Killer in Johnston County Shooting | Raleigh News
A woman and her son were brutally attacked in a Johnston County home, leaving the mother dead and the teen critically injured after leaping from a second-story window. The suspect, Jerry Ross Williams — her partner — later pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, attempted murder, and firearm possession as a felon, accepting a life sentence without parole to avoid the death penalty. With a prior violent felony record and a history of incarceration, this marks a severe escalation in his legal consequences. The District Attorney praised law enforcement and extended condolences to the grieving…
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