RAMSEY, Minn. – (Sept. 24, 2015) – A son is charged with the attempted murder of his father after a dangerous drive by shooting this week. Ramsey Police were called by a man stating that his son, Justin Williams, was trying to kill him and that he had been shot in the face.
According to police, the incident began on Germanium St and turned into a rolling incident as the father fled in a vehicle. The son chased the father in a separate car and rammed the victim during the chase. After about five miles of a chase, the suspect fired a shotgun round out of the passenger window of his car and projectiles from the shotgun blast struck the father’s vehicle.
The victim claimed that he ducked down but he did receive some minor facial cuts from flying glass or the shotgun blast. The son fled the area and was later taken into custody without incident at his home in Oak Grove.
He has been charged with first degree premeditated attempted murder, second degree attempted murder, drive by shooting, and assault in the second degree. All told the four charges combine to a maximum of 57 years in prison.
