Former safety Avantae Williams charged with second-degree murder

Former Miami Hurricane, Maryland Terrapin charged with Florida murder

Avantae Williams, who played football at Miami and Maryland, was in a Volusia County Jail after DeLand police charged him in a fatal May 3 shooting.

Former Miami and Maryland football player Avantae Williams has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection to a shooting on Saturday, according to a DeLand Police Department news release.

Williams — a former top-50 ranked prospect out of DeLand High School in DeLand, Florida — turned himself in to police at a lawyer’s office on Monday with no incident, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network.

As of Wednesday morning, Williams was in the Volusia County Branch Jail without bond, per the News-Journal.

Per the DeLand news release, officers responded to a shooting around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday at a bar in DeLand, Florida. Witnesses told investigators a fistfight broke out between several people in the bar, before one of the men pulled out a firearm and started shooting, according to the news release.

Police said Keshod Harris, 32, was shot and killed. A bartender was also injured in the shooting, sustaining gunshot wounds to both hands. They were treated with non-life-threatening injuries.

As reported by the News-Journal, Harris got into an argument at 1:25 a.m. at McCabe’s Bar — less than 20 minutes from Stetson University in Florida — with Damian “D” Ramsey, who was there with Williams and another man, per an affidavit.

Harris, Williams and Ramsey had previously left a celebration at the Chisholm Community Center after Harris had arrived there and argued with his girlfriend. The News-Journal reported that Ramsey had previously tried “to be with her romantically,” before Saturday’s shooting.

Per the News-Journal, Harris and Williams began fighting,…

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Publish date : 2025-05-07 22:06:00

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