Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify the number of suspects in the 2024 shooting.
A man who is already facing murder charges in a 2024 fatal shooting has now been hit with another murder charge in a separate killing from three years ago.
Cincinnati police charged Dearius Williams, 20, on Aug. 14 in connection to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old John Wilson in Evanston on June 27, 2022, according to a news release.
Williams was already one of four suspects facing murder and felonious assault charges in a different Evanston shooting that left 25-year-old De’miko Nelson dead on Feb. 14, 2024. Williams has been incarcerated at the Hamilton County Justice Center since late February 2024 on a $1 million bond.
The 2022 shooting occurred around 6:25 p.m. near the intersection of Woodburn and Blair avenues, a few blocks from Walnut Hills High School.
Officers arrived to find Wilson, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
What happened in the 2024 murder?
At around 9:45 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2024, first responders arrived at the 3500 block of Idlewild Avenue, about a block away from Xavier University and found Nelson suffering from a gunshot wound. He died shortly after being taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
Three other suspects, Kemonte Foster, 21, Keshawn Browner, 22, and a 17-year-old were arrested later that month in connection to the fatal shooting, all facing murder and felonious assault charges.
Williams is expected to appear in court next on Aug. 26 before Judge Robert Winkler for the 2024 fatal shooting.
The investigation by the Cincinnati Police Department’s Homicide Unit is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide unit at 513-352-3542.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Man already facing murder charges accused in different fatal shooting from 3 years ago
Reporting by Hailey Roden, Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati Enquirer
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