D.A.: Dominique Lee surrendered to authorities Saturday
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Dominique Lee (from left), the last of three Coatesville defendants implicated in the slaying of Dominique Williams on June 29, was taken into custody Saturday; Marquis Rayner and Camren Horne were apprehended on Tuesday, said District Atttorney Tom Hogan.
The only one of the three Coatesville men charged last week with homicide in connection with a June slaying who remained at large is now in custody, District Attorney Tom Hogan said Sunday.
Hogan said Dominique Lee, 20, surrendered to Chester County Detectives and Coatesville police Saturday night at the Coatesville Police Department. His attorney, Evan Kelly, accompanied Lee.
“The defendant’s decision to surrender peacefully was the best result for all involved,” Hogan said. “By being on the run, he was creating a danger to himself and others.”
Lee, Marquis Rayner, 23, and Camren Horne, 20, are accused of entering the home of Dominique Williams in the 700 block of Merchant Street on June 29 and fatally shooting him while he was playing video games with a friend, according to the criminal complaint. Rayner and Horne were arrested Tuesday in what authorities described as “pre-dawn raids.”
The criminal complaint said that the three, two of whom carried guns, were all wearing black t-shirts or other black wrappings around their heads. The complaint said the first man through the door immediately shot the victim and yelled, “Where’s it at?” The second man through the door, also armed, authorities said, confronted a witness at the scene, striking him with his gun.
The two men, authorities said, then entered a back bedroom and allegedly grabbed a jar containing marijuana and other items. All three suspects then fled, the complaint said.
Police were able to recover the jar and the black t-shirts a short distance from the Merchant Street home. Williams was pronounced dead of the single gunshot wound at Paoli Hospital.
According to the complaint, Rayner was linked to the homicide from DNA on the recovered t-shirts, while Lee was linked to the crime from a fingerprint found on the jar. Horne, authorities said, was tied to the incident based on statements he is alleged to have made to another witness in the case.
The three have been charged with homicide, robbery, conspiracy and related offenses. Lee was arraigned Saturday and committed to Chester County Prison. No bail was set because of the homicide charge
