In the late hours of March 31, 2026, gunfire was reported on Octavia Place in Newnan, Georgia. Police responded at about 11:23 p.m. and found 38-year-old Hunter Ross Williams with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital but died of his injuries.

The Newnan Police Department initially described the circumstances as unclear while investigators worked to reconstruct the sequence of events that night. On the morning of April 3, 2026, authorities announced an identified suspect and obtained arrest warrants for 35-year-old Justin Mardez Owens of Newnan for felony murder and aggravated assault in connection with Williams’s death. Owens’s whereabouts were unknown and police asked the public for help locating him.

The investigation remains active. If anyone has information about the shooting on Octavia Place or the whereabouts of Justin Mardez Owens, contact the Newnan Police Department.