Man sought in connection with Macon homicide

A teenager is being sought for questioning in connection with a shooting death in Macon on Saturday.

The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Dequaviouse Jamal Howard, 18. He is wanted for questioning in the shooting death of Michael Antwan Chapman, 30, of Macon.

Chapman was found shot multiple times on Burke Street near the intersection of Houston Avenue on Saturday evening. It was the 31st homicide in Bibb County this year, surpassing 30 recorded for the whole year in 2017.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Howard is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 478-751 -7500, or the Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

This story was originally published September 16, 2018 at 9:54 PM with the headline "Man sought in connection with Macon homicide."