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Update: Man Shoots Woman 3 Times Before Killing Himself, Police Say

Cliffton T. Williams was having a fight with the victim, whom he shot three times as she tried to get into her car to leave, Joliet police Cmdr. Brian Benton said.

 

UPDATE/12:25 p.m.

A domestic dispute turned deadly early Christmas morning when a Joliet man shot a woman three times before turning the gun on himself, Joliet police Cmdr. Brian Benton said.

Police responded to several 911 calls that started coming in shortly after 2 a.m. about a fight and gun shots on Spruce Slip Avenue, near Chicago Street and 4th Avenue, Benton said.

They arrived to find Cliffton T. Williams, 23, lying dead in the street and a woman who was either his present or ex-girlfriend shot three times, Benton said.

According to reports, the pair were having a verbal argument inside Williams' home at 8 Spruce Slip Ave. When the woman, identified as a 22-year-old Joliet resident, decided to leave, Williams followed after her with a gun, Benton said.

The weapon was shot six times, with three bullets striking the victim and one fired into Williams' head, apparently by his own hand, Benton said. He was pronounced dead by the Will County Coroner's Office at 3:40 a.m.

None of the bullets struck the woman in vital organs and she is expected to recover from her injuries, he said. She is reported to be in good condition.

Benton said he does not know what the argument was about, nor he know if there was a prior history of domestic disputes between the couple.

According to Will County jail reports, Williams has been arrested several times in the last few years. Charges include domestic battery and violation of an order of protection, criminal damage to property, and direct criminal contempt, all in 2011; three counts of aggravated battery in 2009, and sale/use of a blackjack near a school/park in 2008.

 

INITIAL REPORT/10:15 a.m.

A 23-year-old man died of a gunshot wound in the early hours of Christmas Day, according to the Will County Coroner's Office.

Cliffton T. Williams was pronounced dead at 3:40 a.m. Tuesday on Spruce Slip Avenue, a release from the office said.

The manner of his death is under investigation by the Joliet Police Department. An autopsy is being conducted today.

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Tony

1:25 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Another gun off the street,I wonder if he had an foid ?

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JEG

2:08 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Of course not Law-abiding citizens with FOID cards don't chase after people and shoot them. We are smarter than that !!

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P

7:23 am on Thursday, December 27, 2012

What has always pissed me off . These Wildmen keeps killing themselves. Shoot your damn own miserable ass first. That's YOUR whole problem! These people have to take others W them. And leave a hurting masses brhind! Go your ass in a closet or a bridge and be considerate of the Clean- Up crews valuable time. So fed up.

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John Spence

11:30 am on Thursday, December 27, 2012

Here is the problem, maybe is some of his past offenses were so punishable that he would not want to commit another.

"According to Will County jail reports, Williams has been arrested several times in the last few years. Charges include domestic battery and violation of an order of protection, criminal damage to property, and direct criminal contempt, all in 2011; three counts of aggravated battery in 2009, and sale/use of a blackjack near a school/park in 2008."

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mg 815

5:40 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

first of all....all of u are of base. i happen to know this young man, personally. for a very long time. this was merely a domestic dispute fueled by passion. he was by no means an evil, spontaneous mad killer. a bit of a rocky past? yes. this is joliet, Illinois. its not exactly malibu where i and this young man happened to have come from. the harsh reality of common society today is evil is everywhere. but this was by no means a hate crime, or act of terrorism, or some random public mass killing. he was a troubled kid yes, but no man walking is a saint, nor woman, an angel. none of us. am i defending what crimes he happened to have committed? no. im not. but i am, as a person whose before been in this mans home, as a man who just crossed paths with him coming out of traffic court and job hunting, having just seen him at a neighborhood convenient store, i am vouching for his character. he was a good, but yet troubled person. so think before you judge. and even more before u speak on what u know not everything or enough of. this wasnt somue or school shooting, or movie theatre mass killing, or olympic bombing,

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mg 815

5:47 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

or anything of that nature. unfortunately a gun was involved in a domestic dispute between two individuals that were either currently or in the past, intimate with each other. but none of know the particulars of the situation or the individuals involved. we need to be worried bout these people killing innocent children and women BY THE MASSES! becuz domestic disputes happen everyday. but the eerie pattern of mass murders in this country is alarming. but we still choose to badge the black urban male. or the guy whose beenfor a few petty crimes. or trying to earn a dollar cuz he caught a bad break here or there. or cuz he made a bad decision or two as we all have. American society is fucked. our entire way of thinking is backwards. as a whole. race to race. people to people. R.I.P CUDDY CLIFF...I AINT NEVER FINNA JUST LET MUGS COME AT YOU LIKE DAT...I CANT GO! SEE YA WHEN I GET THERE...I GOT MY TOWN ALWAYS! JOLIET!

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John Roberts

8:57 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

Reality of it is a man that would shoot his loved spouse 3 times with a gun would of more that likely been the same man that stabbed his spouse 100 times with a knife if he would of caught her..Her chances of survival would of been less had he caught her with a knife...with in seconds he fired his gun hit her 3 times then himself..it would of been an even worse situation she would be dead and him still alive...easier to kill yourself with a gun than slit your wrists...something tells me the story would of been different had he attacked her with a knife and more gruesome...

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see me

1:55 pm on Saturday, December 29, 2012

the things that u guys are posting is crazy. u also need to know that there is another person involved in this matter and she is hurting too. her mate is dead and yes he shot her but no one knows the reasons that this bad situtation happen but them. and every one should be praying that she is ok and that the family of this man is ok too

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Big Cousin

1:35 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012

Cliffton is my little cousin and all i have to say is he way a good MAN that had a past and was trying to fix it so before anyone try to judge him know the whole story not just what you read....thats the reason the world is so stupid now because of half truths..........R.I.P CLIFFTON I LOVE YOU

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Rns

1:56 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012

Honestly ppl makin excuses for what he did. All I wanna know is would all these nice things beed said about him if he actualy killed the girl ??? # ijs

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Hennessy

6:02 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Its VERY DISRESPECTFUL for all of y'all to judge him on ONE incident. Y'all don't know him to be judging him like that ... that's my uncle so all y'all that's not saying nothing respectful about him can STFUUU !
#HisNiece *

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