Tranell Williams, a longtime bodyguard for comedian Katt Williams, has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of comedian Reginald “Reggie” Carroll. A DeSoto County grand jury handed down the indictment on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in connection with an August 2025 shooting at a rental home in Southaven where the two men were living as roommates. Williams has said he fired in self-defense. After the indictment, he was fitted with an ankle monitor and released on a $1 million bond.
Prosecutors presented the case to the grand jury this week, and the panel returned the indictment after months of investigation into the August shooting, according to WREG.
Southaven police and prosecutors say officers were called to a Burton Lane residence in late August 2025, where they found Carroll with multiple shotgun wounds. He was taken to Regional One in Memphis and later died of his injuries, CBS Baltimore reported…