A 911 call has been released in which a man accused of shooting and killing his ill wife is heard telling the dispatcher he did it because he didn’t want her to suffer any more.
Randall Walton Willis, 61, is currently jailed on a second-degree murder charge.
Deputies say he shot his wife Gilda Beth Willis, 62, at their home in the 4300 block of Clewis Avenue on Tuesday.
Willis: “I just shot my wife.”
911: What exactly happened?"
Willis: “She just suffered too much.”
He then talked about how they were out of money.
Willis: “She need her pills refilled, she was suffering. We’ve been through hell and I, I couldn’t see her suffer anymore. We were being evicted today.”
Willis said his wife couldn’t go through another hospital stay, especially with his insurance being cancelled. He told the dispatcher his wife had been sick for two years.
911: “So she’s been sick?”
Willis: “Yes very sick. Many, many, many times.”
911: "Did you guys ever talk about her getting better?"
Willis: “We tried, we done everything we could to keep her alive, but her liver’s shot. She’s had so many strokes and seizures, hip implant, neck fusion, uh…”
When asked, Willis told 911 his wife didn't know he was going to shoot her.
911: “She knew you were going to do this? Did she ask you to?”
Willis: “No.... I didn’t want her to suffer any more.”
Willis said his wife was sleeping at the time he shot her.
He told the dispatcher he’d be waiting on the porch for deputies and asked they come without their sirens on. He told the dispatcher he placed the firearm on top of the TV.
Willis hung up with 911 when deputies arrived. He was arrested without incident.