Police Brutality / Individual record
Andrew Anthony Williams
Andrew Anthony Williams was shot and killed during a law-enforcement encounter in Putnam Hall, Florida, on March 6, 2015.
- Record ID
- PB-119
- Incident date
- March 6, 2015
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Putnam Hall, FL
- Agency
- Putnam County Sheriff's Office
- Category
- Fatal on-duty police shooting
- Age (reported)
- 48
What happened
The Washington Post's Fatal Force data documents Andrew Anthony Williams's death in a police shooting in Putnam Hall, Florida on March 6, 2015. No sufficiently documented, independently corroborated account of the encounter was recovered in this research pass, so it would be misleading to assign a motive to Williams or state as fact that officers faced an imminent threat. The public record available here also does not resolve precisely how law enforcement became involved or whether any officers were subsequently charged or disciplined. A complete story will require Putnam County-area contemporary coverage, agency investigative reports and, where possible, Williams's family's account.
Investigation & findings
Further case-specific verification required; final investigation and litigation status unknown.
Washington Post Fatal Force v2; 2015–2024
Source record details
- Source incident ID
- 270
- Race code in source
- B
- Race source method
- not_available
- Gender (source)
- male
- Flee status (source)
- not
- Agency IDs (source)
- 256
Last reviewed: October 25, 2026
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Methodology and national police killings trackingMapping Police Violence · Dataset/methodology
- Fatal Force v2 — fatal on-duty police shootings, 2015–2024The Washington Post · Dataset