In the days when Quentel Williams was on the run after he is believed to have shot a Wildwood convenience store owner, he had friends take him to his father’s home in Orlando.
Upon arriving at his father’s residence, father and son got into a heated argument, according to an arrest affadavit from the Wildwood Police Department.
The records indicate that the 23-year-old Williams told his father he had shot Abdelwahab Kandah, a Wildwood father of four, on Aug. 10. Kandah was fatally wounded in the parking lot of Kamal’s Mini Mart on 327 Kilgore St. in Wildwood. Video surveillance shows the exchange took 12 seconds.
“That was stupid, why did you do that?” the father is said to have asked his son, according to police records.
Quentell Williams’ reply to his father was to the point:
“Because I can’t get a job.”
Wednesday morning, Quentell Williams appeared in Sumter County Court in an orange jumpsuit and shackles.
He is charged with first-degree murder and attempted robbery with a firearm.
He is being represented by Devon Sharkey, an assistant public defender in the 5th Judicial Circuit.
He waived his right to a speedy trial in front of Judge William Henry Hallman III.
Williams next court date is Jan. 14.
He continues to be held without bond in the Sumter County Jail.