Shortly after 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Newnan police responded to reports of shots fired on Octavia Place and found 38-year-old Coweta County resident Hunter Ross Williams with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries. Authorities described the circumstances of the shooting as unclear and asked the public for information while investigators pursued leads.

On the morning of April 3, 2026, police announced they had identified a suspect and that arrest warrants were issued for 35-year-old Justin Mardez Owens of Newnan on charges of Felony Murder and Aggravated Assault. Owens’s whereabouts were unknown at the time and the investigation remained active.

Did anyone in Newnan or Coweta County see activity in the Octavia Place area that night or have information about Owens’s movements?