Joice Duane Williams was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to a May 2022 shooting outside a nightclub on the 5400 block of South Tacoma Way, which killed 56-year-old Reginald Taylor. Prosecutors said the incident began as a confrontation outside the club that quickly escalated into gunfire, and the sentence was handed down last Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court.
Sentence, plea and charges
Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of third-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm as part of a plea agreement. Judge Susan Adams imposed consecutive terms, five years for the assault of Taylor, three years for assaulting a second man and 10 years for the firearms count, for a total of 18 years in…..