Quincy man pleads guilty to 2014 fatal stabbing
A Quincy man pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally stabbing 31-year-old Gerald Williamson during a fight outside a Dorchester restaurant in 2014, the Suffolk District Attorney’s office said in a statement.
Edgardo Clark, 31, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in court. He was sentenced to 16 to 18 years in state prison, according to the statement.
Clark was initially indicted for first-degree murder in 2014 but a mistrial was declared after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict earlier in 2016, leading to Thursday’s plea.
On October 16, 2014, Clark allegedly started a verbal altercation with Williamson inside a Chinese takeout restaurant on Bowdoin Street, the DA’s office said. The two men were strangers at the time.
After the argument seemed to be over, Williamson bumped into Clark while exiting the restaurant. Clark then followed him outside and a fight began, according to the DA’s office. When Williamson appeared to be gaining the upper hand, Clark pulled a knife out and stabbed him in the neck, causing him to bleed to death, authorities said.
Four days later, Clark surrendered to police after investigators identified him as the perpetrator through witness statements and security camera images, the DA’s office said. At the trial, he admitted to stabbing Williamson but said he had acted in self-defense.
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