HAWKINSVILLE, Ga. — Law enforcement in Hawkinsville are looking for a man wanted on murder charges after a fatal shooting Wednesday morning.
According to a news release from the GBI, their office was requested by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a shooting that happened around 5:15 a.m. on Jelks Street.
The GBI says the victim, 39-year-old William Whitehead, and his family were at their home when 32-year-old Tyree Williams entered the home and shot Whitehead in the back of the head.
Whitehead was taken to Taylor Regional Hospital, where he later died. An autopsy will be completed at the GBI’s Crime Lab in Macon.
Monica Dominy, who lives a few houses down, says she didn't hear the gunshot, but her friend told her what happened.
"Told me that someone had passed away down the road and it just shocked me. I got up and just noticed everything going on and I had been sleeping through it. It just kinda scared me," says Dominy.
She says they don't see a lot of crime in Hawkinsville.
"It really is a tight neighborhood. Everybody knows everybody, everybody looks out for everybody."
This is the county's first homicide this year and the seventh in the last three and a half years, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Danny Brannen.
Now, investigators are looking for Williams.
"We've been out looking for him all morning. We've had the helicopters, the drug dogs, search dogs and we haven't been able to locate him yet," says Brannen.
They have issued warrants for malice murder, aggravated assault and home invasion in connection with the homicide.
If you know his location, you can call the GBI’s Eastman office at 478-374-6988 or the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office at 478-783-1521.
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