Escambia Man Gets 25 Years For 2016 Shooting

March 10, 2017

An Escambia County man is headed to prison for a 2016 shooting.

Antonio Devon Williams was sentenced by Circuit Judge John L. Miller to 25 years in state prison as a mandatory minimum sentence under Florida’s 10-20- Life law. This means that Williams will serve his sentence day for day without the possibility of parole. Williams was found guilty by an Escambia County jury of attempted second degree murder with a firearm on January 25, 2017.

On February 22, 2016, Javier Chandler was shot in the neck by Antonio Williams in the driveway of Williams’ residence. Chandler had been seated in the driver’s seat of his vehicle when Williams shot him from a standing position outside of the car. Williams then fled the scene.

Williams turned himself in to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office within 24 hours of the shooting and claimed self-defense.

The two had been childhood friends and had a dispute regarding the purchase of a firearm.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News