(Des Moines, IA) -- A federal jury in Des Moines has convicted 29-year old Ceeron Tearrence Williams on weapons charges, in connection with a 2018 shooting at a Des Moines convenience store.
Today a federal jury convicted Ceeron Tearrence Williams, age 29, of Des Moines, for felon in possession of ammunition. Williams faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison on the conviction. Williams will be sentenced September 10, 2021.
According to trial evidence, January 21, 2018, Williams fired nine shots from a pistol while he and a group of individuals were near a Des Moines Kum & Go store. Williams hit one person and fled. The victim survived.
Williams was indicted in federal court in February 2021 for possessing ammunition, having been previously convicted of a felony. The federal indictment followed a prosecution by the Polk County Attorney’s Office where Williams was charged with Attempted Murder, Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent, and related state charges.
In September 2020, a Polk County jury acquitted Williams of Attempted Murder but convicted him of several less severe charges.
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