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Arrest made in Macon Chevron fatal shooting

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By Tim Darnell
Updated April 23, 2021

Police have made an arrest in a weekend fatal shooting outside a Macon convenience store.

Christian Williams, 21, of Macon was arrested in the April 18 shooting death of Greg Lamar Watkins, 27, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office. The U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force assisted in the arrest, police said.

Watkins was standing inside the Chevron convenience store at 584 Emery Highway. Police say Williams entered the store and shot Watkins about 10 p.m. Watkins later died at Coliseum Medical Center.

Williams is being held without bond in the Bibb County Jail.

Watkins’ death is the sixth homicide in Macon in April and the fourth deadly shooting in a week, according to WMAZ. Those other cases included a man found shot dead on a west Macon sidewalk and another man shot dead outside of a north Macon apartment complex.

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