On the night of June 30, 2025, deputies responded to a shooting call at a house in the 2800 block of Bynum Overlook Drive in Abingdon, Maryland. They found 64-year-old Lillian Williams with a single gunshot wound to her upper body; despite deputies’ life-saving efforts she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, assisted by the Forensic Services Unit, identified 66-year-old David Williams, the victim’s husband, as the person who shot her. The killing ended a relationship that spanned four decades and a twenty-year marriage; the incident has been classified as a domestic-related homicide. David Williams was taken into custody, charged with First-Degree Murder and firearm violations, and ordered held without bond after an initial appearance.

The family, including Lillian’s only daughter, described her as peaceful and loving and said there had been no outward signs that her husband could commit such violence. Does anyone in the Abingdon area have information about the couple or that night that could help investigators?