NEWARK, N.J. — A limousine driver bled to death after being shot at the estate of former NBA star Jayson Williams last week, authorities said Tuesday.
The Hunterdon County Medical Examiner's Office has yet to file its report in the death of Costas Christofi, but acting prosecutor Steven Lember said it was determined the driver died from mostly internal bleeding from the gunshot wound.
Lember said his office is "getting down to our nitty-gritty work, getting our evidence evaluated, getting statements completed and transcribed."
He would not say whether Williams has spoken with investigators.
Williams has been distraught and sleepless since the 55-year-old limousine driver was shot at his estate last week, according to his wife.
Tanya Williams, who married the former New Jersey Nets star last year, was not at their Alexandria Township estate when Christofi was found dead in a bedroom Thursday. She rushed home, though, when her husband told her about it.
"As a family, we're going through the trauma," Tanya Williams told The Star-Ledger of Newark. "Jayson is a very emotional and sensitive person. He wears his emotion on his sleeve."
Published reports have said Jayson Williams was showing off his shotgun and flipping it around when it discharged. His lawyer has denied that Williams was involved in "any horseplay with a gun."
If charges are filed, they would rise no higher than reckless or aggravated manslaughter, Lember said.
"If we're assuming criminal liability at all — and that's an assumption that's not supported by our investigation yet — if I'm saying there's no murder, all that's left in New Jersey is manslaughter," he said.
Lember also said some witnesses may have misled investigators about the circumstances surrounding Christofi's death, but he refused to elaborate. About 10 people were at the home when the shooting occurred.