CINCINNATI — A man shot and killed a woman in an Avondale double shooting because "god told him too," the prosecutor's office said Saturday during an arraignment.
John Williams, 40, was arrested and charged with murder and felonious assault after a double shooting near MLK Park on Thursday.
The Cincinnati Police Department said the shooting happened in the 900 block of Burton Avenue around 11:15 p.m.
Officers found 42-year-old Kenyada Wheeler and another man in his early 20s inside an apartment with multiple gunshot wounds.
Wheeler died at the scene and the man was transported to UC Medical Center, police said. The prosecutor's office said Saturday that the man's injuries were life-threatening but his current condition is unknown.
Williams was in court Saturday where a judge gave him a $1.5 million bond. The prosecutor's office also said Williams confessed to detectives.
"The defendant told detectives that he killed the female victim because god told him too," the prosecutor's office said. "He also shot another male victim multiple times."
Williams, who is being held at the Hamilton County Jail, is expected to be back in court on March 19.
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