In the early hours of April 10, 2024, the life of Anthonio Dewayne McNeill, a 28-year-old Black man from Macon, Georgia, was cut short in a shooting at a local hotel. The incident unfolded around 3:20 a.m. at the Haven Inn Suites on Holiday Drive North. Bibb County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the scene following a report of a person shot and, upon arrival, discovered McNeill suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics rendered aid, but his injuries proved fatal, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene by a deputy coroner.
The investigation into McNeill's death quickly led to the identification of suspects. On April 16, 2024, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Gang Unit and the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force apprehended 36-year-old Lakesia Renee Williams at the Economy Hotel on Pio Nono Avenue.
She was taken into custody and subsequently charged with murder.
Further developments revealed that investigators believed McNeill's killing was connected to another homicide that occurred just over an hour later that same morning, which claimed the life of 23-year-old Brian Rashad Obama. On April 22, authorities arrested two more individuals, 18-year-old Xalayah Nahri Green and 20-year-old Peair Dennard Harvey, at a residence on Tredway Drive. Both Green and Harvey were charged with two counts of murder for their alleged roles in the deaths of McNeill and Obama.
A fourth arrest was announced by Bibb County deputies on April 30, 2024. Seventeen-year-old Julio Timley was taken into custody and also charged with two counts of murder in connection with the two homicides. All four suspects were transported to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center and are being held without bond. As of the last update in April 2024, the case is proceeding through the legal system.
