BRPD arrests suspect accused of punching, threatening man with AK-47 at Denham Street apartment complex

BATON ROUGE — A Baton Rouge man accused of punching another man and threatening to shoot him at an apartment along Denham Street has been arrested by police.

According to an arrest warrant, while the alleged victim was putting his laundry into his car to take it to be washed on July 13, 57-year-old Billy Williams drove up in another vehicle before getting out with an AK-47. Williams then aggressively began asking the man “if he wanted to do something with him and did he have a problem,” police added.

The man told Williams he did not know who he was and did not want any problems. Williams then punched the man several times, leaving the man on the ground with swelling on the right side of his face that would later be treated by EMS…

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