SAN DIEGO – An 87-year-old Point Loma woman showed a jury her right hand where, she said, her son shot off three of her fingers with a shotgun after killing his sister and her son in 2024.
“I ran like hell!” said June Bushey on Monday, Jan. 12, as the first prosecution witness in the murder trial of her son, William “Billy” Bushey, 61.
William Bushey is charged with killing his sister, Laurie Robinson, 61, and her son, Brett Robinson, 33, on Aug. 21, 2024. The slayings took place in June Bushey’s home at 3:55 p.m in the 3600 block of Zola Street, which is several blocks away from Point Loma High School.
“She was murdered,” said June Bushey of her daughter. “He came out of his room, and he shot her. I escaped from my room, down the front steps.”
“The neighbors were yelling at me to ‘keep down,'” said June Bushey. “I got shot in the hand.”
Deputy District Attorney Scott Pirrello directed her to show her right hand to the San Diego Superior Court jury. June Bushey noted she lost three fingers in the shotgun blast and now only has “my pinkie and my thumb.”
“I can hold something pretty good,” she said.
Her son is also charged with attempted murder of his mother and the special circumstance of committing multiple murders. If he’s convicted of first-degree murder, he faces a life term in prison without the possibility of parole.
The trial with Judge Joan Weber will last several weeks. William Bushey’s attorney, Denis Lainez, told jurors his client will testify. Lainez said his client is not guilty of either first or second-degree murder and attempted murder, suggesting, but without specifically saying, he might seek a manslaughter verdict.
“I thought about calling the police, but I thought I would get shot,” said Bushey. “I went down the hall and out the front door.”
June Bushey said her son said nothing before shooting Laurie and Brett Robinson. She added that he was isolated, unemployed, and stayed in his bedroom at her home. He was on his computer most of the time and held the passwords to the internet, which June Bushey said she did not use or know.
William Bushey shot all three people after he learned that Laurie Robinson directed AT&T to make changes to their service, interrupting their Internet connection.
“Where’s the Internet?” asked William Bushey, according to Pirrello in his opening statement. “That’s when the terror began.”
Pirrello held up a shotgun to show jurors the murder weapon, saying, “Nobody knew he had that.” He said it was hidden in his closet.
June Bushey said her son worked in restaurants when he was younger, including some in Pacific Beach. “I was wondering when he was going to work.”
San Diego Police officers showed up twice in the month before the violence when Laurie Robinson asked for help in dealing with her brother. The situation “did not rise to the level of being a crime,” said Pirrello.
The defense attorney read some of his client’s statements to police, and he also added that William Bushey has tested positive for HIV. “I’m sick; I’m dying. I’m just a sick loser without a job,” Lainez quoted his client as saying.
“I didn’t mean to hurt (my mother). I didn’t want to wrestle my nephew over the gun. I am angry, confused,” Lainez quoted Bushey as telling police.
“My entire life, I have refused to see doctors. I feel like nothing,” said William Bushey, according to his attorney. “I am going to be homeless. I am filled with rage.”
“I don’t have any friends. I don’t have anyone who loves me,” Lainez quoted Bushey as saying to police.
Bushey remains in jail without bail.
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