Posted on: July 23, 2024, 08:44h.
Last updated on: July 23, 2024, 08:48h.
One of two men who murdered a hip-hop performer at Caesar’s Southern Indiana Casino was sentenced Monday to 45 years behind bars.
Antwaun Proctor, 20, was ordered by a state judge to report to prison after agreeing to a negotiated plea deal.
Proctor will have to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence, according to Indiana TV station WAVE.
The victim’s wife, Rannisha, told Proctor before the sentencing, “I hate you and I will forever hate you.”
Targeted Victim
The incident began when Proctor and an unnamed second man followed the victim, LilDon Williams, 32, from a Louisville, Ky. concert 14 miles to Caesar’s Southern Indiana Casino on March 17.
Williams parked his Dodge Charger in the casino garage. Williams then went into the Elizabeth, Ind. gaming property with friends and relatives.
The would-be killers waited in the parking garage for over three hours. They were focused on killing Williams, police believe.
Williams then walked back to the Charger. He spotted the two masked suspects approaching him. Both were holding assault rifles. Williams tried to flee out of fear for his life.
But they fired multiple shots at him, police said. Williams was critically wounded and died at the crime scene.
Then, one of the suspects fled in the victim’s Charger. The other drove away in a Malibu, owned by Proctor’s relative.
Casino employees alerted the local police.
Police officers were able to identify Proctor as a suspect in the case after checking casino surveillance cameras, traffic cameras, and cell phone records, according to Kentucky TV station WHAS.
Following their investigation, police booked Proctor on murder, robbery, criminal mischief, auto theft, and obstruction of justice charges on April 24.
The second suspect may soon be charged for the homicide, too. It’s unclear as of Tuesday what charges he will face.
Officers described the murder as an “execution.” The victim was “targeted, hunted down, and executed” by the suspects, Harrison County Sheriff Nick Smith added.
It’s not been revealed why the two targeted Williams.
News reports didn’t say if the rifles were seized as evidence by officers. It’s unclear what other evidence police seized from the parking garage.
Remembered as Family Man
In addition to working as a hip-hop performer, Williams had a full-time job at a Ford plant, according to media reports. He was close to his family.
He was a good man and a good dad,” Williams’ wife, Rannisha, was quoted by Kentucky TV station WDRB shortly after the killing. “He didn’t deserve this.”
He’s survived by a six-year-old daughter.
