Justice at last for slain tourist Ethan Williams — but New York is still in his debt
As Jason Williams told his son’s killer before the judge Thursday, “You entered the story and violated our family, and you introduced an evil into our lives.”
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Nicole Gelinas Opinion Justice at last for slain tourist Ethan Williams — but New York is still in his debt By Nicole Gelinas Published June 13, 2026, 8:46 p.m. ET Ethan Williams was shot and killed by a stray bullet in Brooklyn in 2020. See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Thursday was 93-degree New York at its most relentless. Hung-over Knicks fans collided on the morning subway with tourists in soccer jerseys coming in for the World Cup. For the 50 or so people in a cool Brooklyn courtroom, the delirium outside was nonexistent. They remained anchored to the horrors of 2020, and the city’s 47% spike that year in murders.
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