Man wanted after deadly Gulfport hotel shooting

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) – Police are searching for a man who they say shot and killed 40-year-old Charles Martel Oatis early Monday morning.

Gulfport Police are searching for Antwon Duane Williams. He has an active arrest warrant for murder.

He is described to police as a 32-year-old black man, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. He should be considered armed and dangerous.

On Monday, May 6, officers responded to the InTown Suites Hotel on Highway 49 at approximately 1:21 a.m. for a report of a shooting.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found Oatis lying on the ground. Switzer says Oatis was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound.

GPD says during the course of the investigation, it was determined that Williams and Oatis got into an argument when Williams pulled out a gun and shot Oatis.

Switzer says the autopsy will take place Tuesday.

Anyone with information about this incident or Williams’ whereabouts is asked to contact Gulfport police at 228-868-5959 or Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898.

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