District Attorney Jason Williams Carjacked At Gunpoint
While helping his 78-year old mother
Over a year ago, DA Jason Williams had said that he worries for his wife, daughters, and mother as they go about their business in the city. I seem to remember him saying something about needing to ‘keep your head on a swivel.’
Well, he needed a bit more swiveling last night, as Jason Williams endured the realities we all face living in New Orleans: he got carjacked at gun point.
Local news reporting:
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and his 78-year-old mother were carjacked at gunpoint Monday night (Oct. 16) in New Orleans, his spokesman said.
“OPDA confirms that DA Williams and his 78-year-old mother were carjacked at gunpoint as he was helping her into a car,” office spokesman Keith Lampkin said in response to questions from Fox 8.
“DA Williams and his mother were unharmed and both thank the NOPD for their hard work tonight and every night responding to crime victims.”
No other details of the crime were immediately available. The New Orleans Police Department did not respond to questions about the incident late Monday night or early Tuesday.
Williams and his wife Elizabeth appeared unharmed while discussing the night’s events with NOPD officers outside their home Tuesday around 12:40 a.m.
When asked about the carjacking by a Fox 8 reporter, Williams said only, “It’s been a long night. I’ll get with you in the morning.”
I keep repeating to myself: “It is wrong to gloat over the suffering of others. It is wrong to gloat over the suffering of others. It is WRONG to gloat over the suffering of others.”
The repeated mantra is having no effect, as my second cup of coffee this morning tastes particularly sweet.
Let's hope the carjacker was someone Williams had let off the hook for carjacking some else. An up close and personal look at Williams' work as a DA DA, so to speak.