A dispute at Park Chase Apartments in Valdosta, Georgia, ended in a fatal shooting on July 18, 2024. Police arrived just after 3:35 a.m. and found 32-year-old Martevalous L. Williams Sr. in a stairwell with a gunshot wound to his torso. Officers and Emergency Medical Technicians performed life-saving measures, but Williams was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives say Williams was involved in an altercation with two other men, 32-year-old Darius Kitchen and Williams’ 26-year-old brother Clarence Eady. At some point a firearm was produced and Williams was shot. Investigators reported inconsistent and untruthful accounts from Kitchen and Eady. Kitchen was arrested on felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; Eady was arrested on tampering with evidence and obstruction of an officer. Williams’ children and family were left grieving his loss.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about what led to the dispute, please share what is known.