Ontorio Nymier Metts, 23, was shot and killed outside an apartment at Sunny Valley Apartments, 98 Third Ave. SE, in Hickory, North Carolina on March 20, 2022. Hickory Police responded to reports of gunshots and found Metts lying on the ground; he had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators reported Metts had been in a confrontation with 25-year-old Davon Lavell Williams of Claremont, North Carolina. Williams was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. A 34-year-old Hickory woman, Whitney Jana’e Gatewood, was also arrested and charged with felony accessory after the fact for assisting the suspect in leaving the scene.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who saw activity near Sunny Valley Apartments on March 20, 2022 is asked to contact the Hickory Police Department.