Richards Street Homicide Leads To Arrest

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Police Department announced the arrest of 41-year-old Nathaniel R. Hill of Crest Hill in connection with Friday's early morning slaying in the 1100 block of Richards Street. Hill was booked into the Will County Jail around 5 p.m. on Friday. He was charged with first-degree murder in the gunshot death of 32-year-old Derrick Williams-Scott of Joliet.

Williams suffered multiple gunshot wounds as he was standing on the front steps of a house around midnight, on June 12.

Bail was set at $5 million for Hill, who resides in the 1500 block of the Pioneer Road apartment units, jail records show.

Hill was in jail for two months between late November 2018 and late January 2019 after being arrested by the Joliet Metra Narcotics Squad on charges of manufacturing and distributing a look-a-like substance, two counts of resisting the arrest and a parole violation from the Illinois Department of Corrections. That case is still pending at the courthouse.