His “life’s work” is helping the homeless. Now, he needs help.
After a traumatic childhood that led to foster care, addiction and homelessness, Vincent Ray Williams III had turned his life around and dedicated himself to helping other unhoused and down-and-out people.Williams, founder and CEO of the East Bay nonprofit, was rushing across the Bay Bridge on Friday, Nov. 18, to help a homeless woman in San Francisco when a shooting broke out and he was grazed in the head by a bullet.
But he never made it. As he was crossing the Bay Bridge near the Treasure Island exit, Williams noticed another car aggressively weaving in and out of traffic. After Williams passed the other car, the other car sped up and cut him off, Williams said. As Williams sped up and then slowed down, trying to pull away, the other driver stayed with him, he said.
Williams didn’t know it at the time, but a bullet had grazed the top of his head. After managing to somehow stop the car without crashing, Williams went in and out of consciousness and was whisked to the hospital. Now, recovering at home, Williams says he’s in “excruciating pain” and still can’t think straight.
Williams also will have to take time off from his volunteer role at the Urban Compassion Project, which he calls his “life’s work.”In the meantime, it’s still unclear exactly what unfolded on the Bay Bridge that night. California Highway Patrol officers responded to a report that someone had been hit by gunfire on the bridge at 10 p.m., said Officer Andrew Barclay. When they arrived, they found one victim who was taken to the hospital.
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