In rare triple jury trial, prosecutors address murder of retired CFD lieutenant

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With Rudolph’s red nose on the front of his beloved Jeep, retired Chicago Fire Department Lt. Dwain Williams drove to a Southwest Side shop in December of 2020 for the Chicago Christmas tradition of picking up fresh gourmet popcorn.

Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.A still photo taken from video released by the Chicago Police Department shows an apparent carjacking by three suspects in December 2020. Retired Fire Department Lt. Dwain Williams was fatally shot when three people attacked him after he walked out of a Southwest Side shop.

Dwain P. Williams, a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant, was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with carjackers in 2020 in the 2400 block of West 118th Street in Chicago. “By doing this like this, it probably leads to one extra day of the trial for you, but three and a half weeks less of trial for the rest of the system,” Cook County Judge Timothy Joyce told the jurors while swearing them in.

 

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Prosecutors allege that four people followed, with a goal of seizing the Jeep for a quick payday. “What should have been an unremarkable day turned into one of violence and death,” said Assistant State’s Attorney Sara Grgurovic during opening statements.

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