Mother of former Marine found shot to death on freeway opens up about her son

Dave, how do you remember it now? Well, she remembers him as someone who loved being around friends and family and loves serving his country as a Marine. You know this shooting really shook all of Metro Detroit, but tonight his

mother

says she's remembering her son and Once the whole community knows who he was, a boy far from me, Corto Johnson is still struggling to understand how life of our 22-year-old son, John Cassidy Williams, could have been ended so suddenly by a bullet supposedly fired by the hand of someone he knew, the suspect Ray. Quinn DeSean Patrick with the report that says premeditated why did you meet him, it just haunts me, you knew him, he was your friend, I fought for you, I want to be a fighter, I want to be successful, but I struggle, there is so much pressure to be young.

A Black man, a family member, created this tribute video in honor of John's 22 years on Earth, which included time serving as one of the few proud Marines. You know, he joined the Marines because he wanted a place to belong. Know? And you always tell me that. I want some

marine

s oh, he's a

marine

, you know, I'm a moraine always, always will be. I just want people to know who he was, you know, he was crying, he was a people person, everyone I met him loved him, he just didn't. He didn't deserve police say Williams was

found

on the Northbound Southfield Freeway ramp to I-96 around 3:30 a.m. on Jan. 23.

Investigators say he was

shot

in a car along the highway and then pushed outside. On the ramp, detectives confirm that the shooting was not random. The

mother

says she saw the suspect once a few months ago. I'm out of town and came to Michigan to visit one of my son's apartments. This young man was there with my son. Because? Why would you do that to someone who was so kind to you? You know, Mrs. Johnson says that she feels like she still hasn't woken up from a horrible dream and she still has so many questions on her mind if anyone knows anything more about what happened. to my son that I could continue to help his case to get some justice, please I beg you, as a mother, call the Michigan State Police and give them all the information you have.

Mrs. Johnson says she is very grateful to Michigan police. State police for moving this case so quickly and making an arrest before his son's funeral, meanwhile the suspect's case is scheduled for a probable cause conference tomorrow reporting live Dave Kinchen Fox 2 News, now we have to give it Credit to this mother who is still only two years old. Weeks later, completely devastated by this loss and still finding the courage to speak to us tonight and tell our son's story, she does, without a doubt, the strength of her is truly remarkable. I mean, she surprised us, we were just amazed by her strength, his bravery and, uh.

You know, that's what a mother does, they fight for every answer in a tragedy like this, a tragedy that should never have happened in the first place.