ORANGE, Texas — A 57-year-old man from Orange has been found guilty for the 2022 fatal shooting of another man.
Arthur A Blackmon, Jr. was found guilty for the murder of Richard James Williams, 42, of Orange.
Blackmon was later sentenced to 42 years in prison.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from a 2022 broadcast)
Blackmon was indicted for the November 2022 murder in April 2023 and arrested the next month in Louisiana. He was extradited back to Texas in July 2023 and has been held on a $1,000,000 bond since then.
On Friday, November 11, 2022, police officers were sent to the Cove Terrace Apartments after 10:30 p.m. in reference to a shots fired call.
When officers arrived they found Williams, who had been shot.
Williams was pronounced dead at the scene by Orange County Precinct Three Justice of Peace Joy Dubose-Simonton.
Blackmon was indicted by an Orange County Grand Jury on April 26, 2023, for the murder of Williams, according to a news release from the Orange Police Department.
Blackmon was found in New Orleans on May 4, 2023 and arrested without an incident.
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