Matthew Anthony Williams, Shooting Postal Worker, Texas 2019

Houston, Texas - In a brazen crime spree that left two victims with permanent injuries, Matthew Anthony Williams, a 25-year-old Magnolia man, has been ordered to federal prison for 220 months.

On December 28, 2019, Williams shot a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier while he was delivering mail in west Houston. Shortly thereafter, he drove to a Costco located at Interstate 10 and Bunker Hill and shot a gas station attendant.

Williams pleaded guilty on June 3 to assaulting a federal employee with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas ordered Williams to serve 100 months for the assault and a consecutive 10 years for the firearms conviction.

The total 220-month sentence will be immediately followed by five years of supervised release. Williams was further ordered to pay $75,512 in restitution.

In handing down the sentence, Judge Atlas noted this was one of the worst crime sprees she has seen, adding that he was lucky no one was dead from his dangerous conduct.

The court enhanced the sentence, finding Williams committed the shootings while under a court protective order for threatening behavior against his girlfriend.

Williams has been and will remain in custody pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) conducted the investigation with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Houston Police Department and sheriff's offices in Harris and Montgomery Counties.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Richard Hanes and Heather Winter prosecuted the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/gunman-sentenced-shooting-postal-worker