Starlight Drive-in Shooter Found Guilty of Murder

Guilty.

That was a DeKalb County jury's verdict in the case against Quentric S. Williams, for the 2012 murder of Tae Kwon Do world champion and Georgia National Guardsman Mitt-Chai Lenix at the Starlight Drive-in Theatre.

Williams was convicted Thursday of a number of charges including:

• Malice murder
• Felony murder
• Aggravated assault.

Channel 2 News reported jurors returned a not guilty verdict on a charge of aggravated assault on an officer.

Williams' attorney said at the trial that Williams did not intend to kill the 28-year-old medic in the May 15 incident.

Prosecutors said Lenix, who was out on a date, had car trouble and sought help for a jumpstart to his car.

Williams, who took the stand in his defense, told jurors he fired only to give a "warning shot."

He told jurors he believed his life was in danger and that he thought he saw Lenix reaching into his waistband to produce a gun.

Williams 33, admitted he was a drug dealer and when police finally were able to apprehend him, he had thousands of dollars and a large amount of marijuana on him.

Sentencing is set for May 8 at 2 p.m.