WASHINGTON (7News) — A 38-year-old Washington man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the 2022 killing of Audora Williams, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia said.
Wonell Jones Jr. was convicted in July of first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Jones was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.
According to evidence presented at trial, Jones returned to Williams’ apartment in Southeast Washington on July 19, 2022, after a grocery run with one of her young sons. A temporary protective order barred Jones from being at the home or contacting Williams, and a hearing on the order was scheduled for days later, prosecutors said…