They wanted a fresh start. Christopher Thongs and his family moved to Kentucky after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina. But last week, he became the city’s fifth homicide victim this year. And, his accused killer is someone who should have been in jail. LEX 18 went On Special Assignment to find out why DeMarcus Williams was on the streets.
Williams is accused of gunning down Thongs, 19, last week in the middle of the afternoon on East Loudon in Lexington. Police have released very little information about what led up to the shooting. But LEX 18 has learned that Williams was paroled back in February and was supposed to be under supervision at a Lexington halfway house. Instead, he was on the run.
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Williams had served just over 4 1/2 years of a nine-year sentence for possession of handgun by a convicted felon and fleeing or evading police first degree.
“He asked why God let this happen to Uncle Chris, those questions I can’t answer,” said Thongs’ sister, Akilah Kidd, about her seven-year-old son. “We don’t know Demarcus Lee Williams. Our focus is on our family, getting justice for my 19-year-old brother, just an innocent person.”
Williams was released by the parole board February 17. On April 10, he walked away from a Lexington halfway house, never returning, which was a violation of his parole. Then, on May 3, police say Williams robbed and gunned down Thongs, before running from authorities again. He was caught shortly thereafter and is being held in Thongs’ murder.
Kidd says she and her brothers moved to Kentucky for a fresh start after Katrina. now they’re dealing with Chris’ murder, a murder she believes could’ve been prevented had Williams been locked up.
“They can’t predict what he was going to do,” said Kidd. “But I do wish they got him back in custody so this wouldn’t have happened.”
