The man accused of shooting and killing someone placing an order at the MGM National Harbor food court Wednesday is being held without bond.

Benjamin Williams, of Fort Washington, made his first court appearance Friday morning. He’s facing first- and second-degree murder charges , among others, in the shooting death of Darnell Hawkins Jr.

The shooting, according to court documents, happened near the Shake Shack inside the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Wednesday afternoon.

Charging documents described the attack in detail, stating that video surveillance from MGM shows Williams arriving at the hotel in a Honda Accord with a temporary Maryland tag. He then walked through the casino to the food court, approached Hawkins Jr. and shot toward him, documents

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