The Nassau County jail guard accused of killing her ex-girlfriend, uncle and wounding her grandfather in a shooting rampage last month will have to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Kim Wolfe, 43, pleaded not guilty Wednesday at Nassau County court to a grand jury indictment charging her with two counts of second-degree murder, assault, kidnapping and criminal possession of a weapon. She had originally not entered a plea when she was arraigned June 17.
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Police said Wolfe fatally shot 45-year-old Stacie Williams, a maternity ward nurse’s aide, outside Nassau University Medical Center on June 16. Wolfe and Williams had met to discuss a possible reconciliation but that the conversation turned violent and Wolfe opened fire, shooting Williams several times, according to investigators.
Wolfe then drove to her Hempstead home, where she fatally shot her 56-year-old uncle, Marshall Williams Jr., and wounded her grandfather, Marshall Williams, 88, following a dispute over life insurance policies, police said. Afterward, Wolfe took her 23-year-old niece, Mary Josey, hostage for several hours while the two drove around, police said. Josey was released unharmed.
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Judge David Ayres ordered Wolfe to undergo a psychological exam after he issued orders of protection for the corrections officer to not contact her two surviving alleged victims. Wolfe will continue to be held without bail.
Wolfe was a 19-year veteran at Nassau County jail, where she worked the midnight shift supervising inmates. Because of her experience at the jail, she is being housed at Riker’s Island.
Outside the courtroom, her lawyer, Michael DerGarabedian, told reporters “It’s not what it appears to be.” He said Wolfe suffered “some sort temporary defect” or extreme emotional duress.
During her first court appearance in District Court, Wolfe was kept in a holding pen covered with frosted glass rather than being brought into the well of the courtroom where spectators could see her.
Wednesday was the first time relatives and spectators saw Wolfe, who was wearing a gray sweat suit, since her arrest.
Williams’ 56-year-old brother-in-law, Clarence King of Uniondale, said Wolfe looked “stunned” and “cold.” He hopes to hear an explanation from Wolfe, although “it doesn’t really matter now.”
