BOSTON, Nov. 9, 2018—Suffolk County prosecutors today asked a Dorchester Municipal Court judge to release on personal recognizance the man charged last month in the fatal shooting of Jose Luis Phinn Williams, citing the continued investigation into the homicide.

KEVIN D. WILLIAMS, 21, is charged with murder and firearms offenses in the Oct. 6 homicide at 528 Washington St. The charges remain in place and Williams is due back in court on Nov. 19, but prosecutors recommended that he be released while they continue to gather facts and evidence through the Suffolk County Grand Jury.

Since Williams’ arraignment on Oct. 9, investigators have reviewed phone records, surveillance videos, and other electronic data; executed search warrants; interviewed multiple witnesses; and presented testimony to the Suffolk County Grand Jury. Those efforts, prosecutors said today, have generated substantial evidence and now warrant the defendant’s release on personal recognizance.

The investigation by Boston Police and Suffolk prosecutors into all aspects of Jose Williams’ homicide remains very active. Anyone with information on the fatal shooting, no matter how minor it may seem, is asked to share it with the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470.

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All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.