Teen fatally shot by stepfather while protecting his mom from abuse

Jaishaun Williams and Renita Wells were murdered in home tragedy

Nov 22, 2017

Jaishaun Williams, a Virginia teen, was shot to death over the weekend.

The 15-year-old attended Henrico County high school and grief counselors are now on hand to help the students deal with the loss.

Both Williams and his mother Renita Wells were shot to death in their home early Saturday morning.

According to Wells’ parents, Jaishaun was murdered while attempting to protect his mother from her husband, the boy’s stepfather.

“I just told her the other day to get a restraining order on him because she was afraid,” Renita’s mother Rachelle Wells stated.

The suspect is Darrell Williams and he has been arrested on unrelated charges.

The 33-year-old will be arraigned on multiple charges that include felony eluding police, drug possession as well as gun charges. He has not yet been charged with the killings.

He was arrested shortly after the murders when a police trooper saw him driving erratically on the interstate.

“[The] trooper initiated a traffic stop with his lights and siren, and the violator car immediately accelerated up to 130 miles an hour, to attempt to elude,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said.

“[Williams] turned off his headlights and approached another vehicle. [Williams] immediately swerved to miss the upcoming vehicle and then lost control, spinning out on the roadway. Once the car came to rest, [Williams] ran on foot leaving his vehicle in drive forcing it into an embankment around the 217 mile marker.”

His car contained cocaine and a handgun.