Documents: Man who abducted child shot woman three times while FaceTiming her parents in Baltimore Co.
BALTIMORE - A man, who prompted an Amber Alert for abducting a child, shot a woman three times while she was on FaceTime with her parents, according to charging documents obtained by WJZ.
Dariel Williams, 31, was recently arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, assault, and motor vehicle theft.
According to documents, Williams shot his child's mother in the head, face and torso outside of a home on Joggins Court in Bowleys Quarters, and then took off with the child the two share in her car.
Williams and the woman were in an argument on Christmas Day, and as the woman was on FaceTime, she was shot multiple times, according to documents.
Williams then took off in the woman's Kia Optima.
"Her being on FaceTime was one of the main clues our detectives followed up on to ascertain who actually was responsible for this shooting," Baltimore County Police Detective Trae Corbin said.
The child was found unharmed with Williams' mother in Baltimore City.
According to documents, Williams' mother told police all three of them were at her home all day on Christmas Day.
However, phone tracking revealed Williams was not at his mother's home for several hours during the day. Instead, phone tracking showed Williams was in Bowleys Quarters at the time of the shooting.
Police said Williams also stole the woman's phone to detectives could not track it.
Baltimore County police arrested Williams.
Brian Hamilton, a neighbor, heard the commotion.
"She was yelling in her doorway, 'Help me, help me, help me, somebody help me," Hamilton said.
Hamilton said after he heard the gunshots, he called 911 and ran next door.
"He went up to the door, we heard two more shots, and then he sped off and we went over and was trying to help her, was trying to call 911," Hamilton said. "Why? Didn't have to do that. She's a poor, selfless woman."
Hamilton said his neighbor was a nice woman who always said hello.
"She's a very nice woman, very nice. Always said hi, always," Hamilton said.
He is being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bond.
