Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 26, 1992 TAG: 9203260188
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Medium
"Under any circumstances, I wasn't going to let him get away," Richard W. Adams, 20, of Christiansburg said in Blacksburg General District Court.
Adams, who has recovered from his wounds after six days in Montgomery Regional Hospital, testified that one of his friends slashed a tire on the car as the man and his companion drove off.
Police later arrested Marshall E. Williamson III, 22, also of Christiansburg, after pulling the car over in Christiansburg.
At the time of his arrest, Williamson was free on bond after being indicted on drug charges. That bond has been revoked and he is being held in the Montgomery County Jail.
Charges of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony were certified to a Montgomery County grand jury.
A woman driving the car, Barbette S. Yulee, also of Christiansburg, was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact.
Judge Thomas Frith gave her a three-month suspended jail term.
She testified she started driving away from the community center when Williamson got in the car, but didn't know what had happened until Williamson told her a few moments later while they were driving away.
She said she could tell the car, which had a flat rear tire, wasn't handling right, but testified they kept driving, intending to go to the Christiansburg Police Department.
Williamson, who did not testify Wednesday, had told Blacksburg police that he had been jumped by three or four men who had a knife and who slashed his girlfriend's tire, according to testimony.
Adams, however, testified Williamson shot him in the back and the right hand outside the center on Patrick Henry Drive after he and Williamson had a confrontation during an indoor pick-up basketball game.
Adams said he was first shot in the right hand as he stood near a friend's truck. He ran across the parking lot and was then shot in the the back, he testified.
by CNB