Midtown Police Chase Suspect Facing 35 Charges, Including Murder

ATLANTA -- A Fulton County grand jury has returned 35 indictments against a man who allegedly led police on a wild chase through Midtown that left two people dead and several others injured. Kahre Williams, 34, is facing two counts of murder, 8 counts of first-degree homicide by vehicle, 10 counts of serious injury by vehicle, and seven counts of hit and run resulting in death, among other charges. The grand jury returned the indictments late Friday.

On April 20, 2019, around 3:40am, a Georgia State patrolman was traveling southbound on Spring Street between 3rd Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue in Midtown when a Dodge Charger, driven allegedly by Williams, pulled out in front of him and began to drive the wrong way on the one-way street.

Officials said the trooper activated his siren and blue lights and pulled in front of the vehicle. Williams allegedly did a U-turn and accelerated in the other direction along Spring Street at high speed. He then allegedly ran two stoplights before entering I-75/85 southbound. Moments later, he lost control of his vehicle and allegedly slammed it into two other vehicles on the interstate.

Police said Williams was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.

Juan Gispert de Armas, 64, who was driving one of the other vehicles, was critically injured after sustaining two broken knees and multiple broken bones in his face. His wife, Maria Gispert, 51, and his son, Juan Gispert, Jr., 28, were both killed as a result of the crash. Juan Gispert de Armas’ other son, Angel Gispert, 25, suffered a broken right leg and scalp lacerations, while the final passenger in that vehicle, Kimberly Bennett, 49, sustained a broken leg and multiple broken bones in her face.

The driver of the second vehicle, Lara Artis, 58, suffered a fractured left ankle as well as multiple bruises to her neck and back. Her passenger, Charles Sibley, 59, sustained a ruptured Achilles and a broken tooth.