Rodney Williams’ nephew, Paul Witherspoon, was shot at by police when they stopped him in New Haven on April 16, 2019, on suspicion of an attempted armed robbery in Hamden. Witherspoon, who was 21 at the time and unarmed, was held and released and not charged. A passenger in Witherspoon’s car, was injured by an officer’s bullet. Credit: Cloe Poisson / CTMirror.org
Williams is pictured in the Newhallville section of New Haven, June 17, 2020.