Senior Reporter
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The wife of retired prison officer and delivery driver Victor Williams wept openly yesterday, as she said the men who killed him early Sunday morning in Pleasantville robbed his son of a father.
Police said Williams, 63, who worked as a delivery driver for a fast food outlet, was dropping off his boss’s vehicle and about to enter his car around 12.20 am when he was confronted by two bandits who announced a robbery.
The bandits shot Williams several times before running away.
Speaking outside the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, Williams’ common-law wife Afisha Glasgow said she was still struggling to come to terms with his murder.
She said Williams had 25 years’ service in the prison service and retired as a Prison Officer I.
Glasgow said Williams was finishing work and was about to hand over a vehicle to his boss when he was attacked.
She said the circumstances surrounding Williams’ death were confusing and prayed for closure.
“Why do these criminals ... these nagging pests have to be like this? “Where is the love? Where is the compassion ... he didn’t deserve this,” Glasgow cried.
Glasgow said she and Williams have been together since 2002 and had a 16-year-old son, who was now robbed of a father.
“I know that feeling, because I lost my mom at 13 years old. How is a mother supposed to tell a son that he’s not going to be there for his graduation? How is a mother supposed to tell a 16-year-old that? How is he supposed to carry that throughout his adult life?” she asked.
She described Williams as a dedicated family man who was in the process of teaching his son how to drive.
Police from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region III are investigating Williams’ murder.