BELLE GLADE, Fla. — Palm Beach Sheriff's Office responded to the 100 block of State Road 715 in Belle Glade at around 11:47 p.m. on July 11, after receiving a call reporting a domestic dispute. The caller was a young male who said his stepfather, Little Mack Williams, 46, had broken a window and was attempting to enter the home.
According to PBSO, the 911 dispatcher recalls hearing a man's voice stating, "Where is your mother?" The caller then said his mother was shot.
The caller described what the suspect was wearing. When deputies arrived, they saw someone matching that description down the block. Without instruction, the suspect surrendered and lay on the asphalt with his hands behind his back. The individual was confirmed to be Williams.
Deputies say they immediately recognized Williams from his previous run-ins with the law.
When they entered the home, deputies located one male and one female victim. Both were suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
The female, identified as Shantay Butts, was found unresponsive on the bed. She was declared dead at 11:58 p.m.
The male suffered one gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to St. Mary's Medical Center and is in stable condition.
While searching the remainder of the home, deputies found two additional adults and six children. In the bedroom, there was a black handgun magazine and multiple shell casings.
Williams told deputies he did not know where the gun was.
Little Mack's previous arrests include domestic incidents, with Butts being the victim. He also had an active felony warrant for burglary of a dwelling and grand theft.
Due to his felon status, he is unable to possess any firearms. During the investigation, detectives say Williams was suspected of stealing a firearm from Shantay's vehicle at this address.
When speaking to the other people who were in the home, detectives learned that the caller, Shantay's son, was playing video games in his room when he heard 'a loud smacking noise'. When he exited his room, he saw his siblings huddled up. He instructed his siblings to go into another room.
The caller says Little Mack is his mother's ex-boyfriend. The two had split up recently, but had been together since the caller was six. Mack is the biological father of some of Butt's children.
He described Little Mack as straddling his mom, said he appeared to be strangling her and could hear her gasping for air.
Detectives also spoke with Shantay's niece, Jasmine. Jasmine says Little Mack had stated in the past that he would kill Shantay.
The other person in the bedroom with Butts was her current boyfriend. When Williams entered the home, he stated, "I told you don't bring your a** over here."
In a post-Miranda interview, Williams says he entered the home through the front door and immediately got into an altercation with a male. He says he did not know who the man was, but he was carrying a firearm. Williams denies shooting the gun, and says he is unsure of how Shantay and her boyfriend were shot.
Little Mack Williams has been charged with one count of First-Degree Murder with a firearm, one count of Attempted First-Degree Murder with a firearm and one count of a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
