“Let the word go out: this is no place for mixing substance abuse with weapons possession,” Judge Settle said.
District Judge Benjamin Settle noted the “profound loss and unrelenting emotional pain” for Williams’ family saying SCHLENKER engaged in an “unprovoked act of aggression” while under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. Brandon Williams was trying to protect his companions from SCHLENKER in the early morning of March 21, 2015. JEREMY SCHLENKER shot and killed 26-year-old Brandon Williams in the parking lot of the Emerald Queen Casino in Fife, Washington. District Court in Tacoma to 26 years in prison and five years of supervised release for second degree murder and use of a firearm in a crime of violence, announced U.S. A 28–year-old enrolled member of the Crow Indian Tribe of Montana was sentenced today in U.S.