Updated at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday with more details.
One of the men charged with capital murder in connection with a drug robbery that left two teens dead in Mesquite last week is the son of former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman Erik Williams, according to his biography at Central State University.
Cassius Shakembe Williams, 20, was booked into the Dallas County Jail about 1:45 a.m. Sunday. Rozman Rah-saan Shannon Jr., 21, was booked into the Mesquite jail around 9 a.m. Monday. Each faces two charges of capital murder.
Both are from Garland.
Police had been looking for the men in connection with the June 12 shootings. Dalton James Prater, 18, of Fate and Jacob Bradley Hollett, 19, of Mesquite were found shot near Gus Thomasson Road and Whitson Way around 4 p.m.
Officers found Prater dead in the driver's seat of a red Dodge pickup. He had been shot multiple times, police said.
In a gray Nissan nearby, Hollett was found with several gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Investigators believe the slayings were a result of a drug robbery. Williams and Shannon met with the two victims under the pretense of buying drugs from them, police said.
Hollett and Prater were both shot multiple times after one of the men pulled a handgun and demanded the drugs, police said. He then got in a vehicle with the other man, who drove away. Police didn't say which man fired the weapon.
Williams and Shannon remained in jail Monday in lieu of $1 million bail — $500,000 for each charge, police said.
Williams started playing football at Central State University in 2015, according to a release from the school's athletic department. The Ohio college is also his father's alma mater.
Erik Williams spent all but one of his professional football seasons with the Cowboys from 1991 to 2000. The three-time All-Pro was part of the Cowboys' Super Bowl-winning teams from the 1990s. In 1994, he was involved in a single-car car accident that left him with several injuries and impacted his effectiveness for the rest of his career.
