Parents of teen shot by police say they have more questions than answers

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Police outside the home where Trey Williams was shot on Nov. 19, 2011

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – In a WAVE 3 exclusive the parents of a Shelbyville teen shot and killed by police inside his grandmother's home talk only to us.

Last month, 18-year-old Trey Williams, a former high school basketball player, was killed in a scuffle with two Shelbyville police officers. Now we've learned that one of state's top litigators, Ann Oldfather, is joining the family's fight with lawyer Frank Mascagni to get some answers.

The legal team has asked for autopsy and toxicology reports, but so far they tell us the requests have been denied. They are promising to sue to get the documents so the family can move forward.

"What do you do for Christmas?" asked a sobbing Gardner Williams, Trey Williams father. "We didn't even go Christmas shopping."

They are parents so heartbroken they can hardly speak about the son they lost just over a month ago.

Stephanie Williams told us,

"Basketball made him happy," said Stephanie Williams, Trey's mother. "He played basketball every day."

A talented high school basketball player, Trey was a regular in the sports section of the local newspaper.

"He loved sports and I always took him to all the games and practices and everything," Gardner Williams said.

But Trey, who has been described as a happy and likeable kid, became the headline in the paper on November 19 when two Shelbyville police officers were involved in an altercation leading to the teen being shot and killed inside his grandmother's house on Clifton Court.

"I remember I pulled up and I said why you all got all this tape and stuff around my house?" said Dorothy Farris, Trey's grandmother. "I want to go in and they said you can't go in."

We also obtained exclusive photos taken by the family after the shooting. Attorney Frank Mascagni believes it illustrates a room to room struggle. Police say the officers were looking for a suspect and saw a broken window at the home. Once inside they say they were attacked by the 5-11, 235-pound teen, who had a pipe.

Gardner Williams believes his son was probably reacting from being shocked and scared that officers were in the home. Farris said Trey came over to her home when he was trying to get his grades up or when he wasn't at his job at the local Dairy Queen.

Mascagni said it doesn't make sense why officers would go forcibly into the home without a search warrant, but he is promising to find out for the family.

"I have never lost a child and I don't know what that means, but these folks deserve answers from some governmental authority," said Mascagni.

"I still think it's a dream and I still go to bed thinking it's a dream and that I'm going to wake up," Gardner Williams said of everything the family has been through in the past few weeks, "but he's not there."

We haven't been able to hear more of the officers' side of the story because Kentucky State Police are still investigating.

Trey was picked up once for disorderly conduct, but Mascagni pointed out that Trey was never convicted of any crime.

Mascagni is promising to go to court if they don't have the documents by February. Oldfather, who was out of town at the time of the interview, told us she also has many questions about this case.

We have also heard the Commonwealth Attorney in Shelby County may take this case to a grand jury. She did not return our calls for this story.