A person of interest in the killing of a 25-year-old mother of three turned himself in to authorities Friday afternoon.
Devaughan Marquise Williams, 22, who has been identified as that person of interest in the killing of Kiara Smith by two high-level sources, turned himself into the Nueces County Jail on Friday.
Williams is on probation for attacking Smith last year, while she was pregnant with his child.
As KRIS 6 News previously reported , police found a woman dead in a home on the 1100 block of Green Earth Drive off Navigation Boulevard and Bear Lane. That woman has since been identified by family and friends as Smith.
At 3:20 a.m. Friday, Smith’s roommate called police saying they heard gunshots and found the mother of three had been shot. When officers arrived, they found Smith inside the home with a gunshot wound.
KRIS 6 News has learned that this isn’t Williams’s first incident with Smith. According to court documents, Williams was arrested on June 6, 2023, for hitting Smith in the head when she was pregnant.