A peaceful protest and vigil is being planned for former WMU football player Jamal Williams on Thursday at 5 p.m. CST outside the hospital where he was killed.
The event was originally planned for Monday, but bad weather led the organizers to push the event back. The event is being organized by JusticeforJamal, a group attempting to bring more attention to Williams’ story.
ABC 7 Chicago reported that Williams was killed last Tuesday in an altercation in the psychiatric wing of Community Hospital in Munster, Ind. The police report stated Williams was beating a nurse when security was called to the room, at which point Williams attacked one of the security guards, retired police officer Ryan Askew, and was choking him when the other security guard, another retired police officer named Benny Freeman, fired two shots, hitting Askew through the arm and Williams in the face.