State to seek death penalty for man accused of killing deputy

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. – The State of Florida is seeking the death penalty in the first-degree murder case of Timothy Price-Williams II, the accused killer of Ray Hamilton, a deputy with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the 1st Judicial Circuit in and for Okaloosa County, has filed notice that her office will seek the death penalty for defendant Timothy Price-Williams II, 43, Madden has announced.

Price-Williams is charged with committing first-degree murder for allegedly shooting Hamilton on December 24, 2022.

“Every capital murder case must be evaluated on its own facts to determine if a reasonable jury made up of our citizens could unanimously sentence a defendant to death. It is the most serious penalty available under Florida law, and I approach this responsibility with great thoughtfulness, humility, and a sense of duty to the rule of law,” said Madden

“Defendant Timothy Price-William II’s attack and killing of Corporal Hamilton, while he was performing his duties as a law enforcement officer, was particularly merciless and cruel. My office will ask a jury to sentence him to death.”