Mississippi Teen Gets 35 Years for Killing Mom’s Boyfriend After Reading Explicit Texts

A Mississippi teenager who shot a man dead at 15 years of age has been handed a 35-year prison sentence with 5 years of supervision after release. The case, which was widely debated among local people in Jackson, was about a mix of adolescent anger, family drama, and bad choices that ended in death.

Le’Andrew Williams, who is now 19, confessed to killing Jimmie Lee Pierce Jr., his mother’s boyfriend, and the crime was classified as the first-degree murder. The incident occurred in May 2022 outside an apartment building where Pierce lived. Per police officers, the trigger for the homicide was when Williams stumbled on the explicit messages that his mother was exchanging with Pierce. The texts were so offensive, the young man decided to step beyond and hatch a plot that led to the man’s demise.

Not satisfied with the man versus the man talk, Williams gathered two relatives – his cousin, 22-year-old Corey Hodge, and his uncle, 27-year-old Bonny Fields – to support him. The primary purpose was the robbery of Pierce but things went out of hand instantly. Witnesses reported to the police that Williams and Hodge approached Pierce, tried to have his wallet, and when Pierce answered he had nothing, Williams shot him twice in the abdomen.

Despite quick transportation to the nearest medical center, Pierce never made it through the treatment.

All of them took the initiative to come to the police, just some days after the incident. As a result of the investigation, Williams and Hodge faced capital charges for murder whereas for his part in the crime, Fields was granted a status of an accessory after the fact. Finally, Williams declared himself guilty to first-degree murder, thereby deciding to spend the most part of his life in jail.

This is a disheartening event in which a kid’s anger resulted in an act that cannot be reversed and is a stark warning of how rapidly a person’s emotions can take a toll on themselves and others when combined with anger and a lack of good judgment.