Jury Finds Man Guilty In 2017 Murder, Recommends Life Without Parole

Jury Finds Man Guilty In 2017 Murder, Recommends Life Without Parole

A Tulsa County jury found a man guilty of killing a father in front of his daughter.  Tulsa police say Billie Dee Williams shot and killed Lavell Richardson inside his car in October 2017. 

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Officers say neighbors called them to the parked car near 56th Street North and MLK.

When police arrived, they found Richardson shot to death in the car and his two-year-old daughter in the back seat. The toddler wasn't hurt.

Officers arrested Williams a week later.

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The jury found Williams guilty and recommended he spend life in prison without the possibility of parole.