The family of a woman shot and killed at a local barbershop wants answers after the person who pulled the trigger was found “not guilty.”
Surveillance video taken from inside Bonez Barber Shop in October 2025 shows what happened.
It shows Myairah Carter sitting in the barber’s chair. She is approached by Rayon Williams. The two argue before Carter pulls a gun and shoots Williams.
Carter claimed it was self-defense, and Wednesday, a jury agreed.
“There’s no justice,” Michelle Butler told Channel 11. Rayon Williams is her daughter.
“How do I live? I never really went to court to find justice in the legal system,” she said.
Butler and her daughter’s wife, Andrea, spoke exclusively to Channel 11 about the verdict.
“It was a pain that you never think that could happen. I had no words but to cry,” Andrea said.
Andrea says her wife and Carter had a number of negative interactions over the years, even moving to avoid trouble.
Both Andrea and Michelle believe Rayon was misrepresented in court. They say she was made out to be a violent gangster.
“She was a good person; you know what I mean? She had a lot of people who loved her and knew about her,” Andrea said.
“Justice would’ve been some type of closure. Of course, I can’t get her back and I can’t hear her voice, her laugh.”
Channel 11 reached out to Carter’s attorney, Ken Haber. He sent us the following statement:
“I was not surprised by the jury’s verdict or the swiftness in which they reached it. They sat there for four days and listened to a lot of evidence, all of the evidence, not just a five-second clip of a redacted video. The evidence presented by the Commonwealth made it clear my client was in an impossible position that she didn’t ask for. She was in the process of being attacked in a public place while she sat in a barber’s chair trying to get her haircut. Her assailant was lunging towards her while reaching in her waist area for what my client had every reason to believe was a firearm. Her reaction was out of self-preservation and clearly justified under the circumstances. Myairah Carter sat in a jail cell for over a year on a case that should have never been prosecuted.”
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