Atlanta Murder Suspect Captured in Coweta County

Federal agents took Mi’Quae Williams into custody at a residence in Coweta County on November 10, ending a yearslong search for a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Atlanta. The FBI’s Atlanta Violent Crime Task Force carried out the operation alongside Georgia State Patrol, Coweta County sheriff’s deputies and Atlanta police.

Williams, 25, faces a murder charge in the death of Nicholas Carter, 23. Carter was shot outside a music studio on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in the early morning of September 16, 2023. He had just left his car when gunfire broke out, and he later died at a hospital.

Investigators identified Williams as the accused shooter, and Atlanta police placed him on their Most Wanted list. Before his capture, officials had announced a $5,000 Crime Stoppers payment for tips that resulted in an arrest.

Carter’s parents have said detectives told them their son had no connection to Williams. They remembered Carter as a kindhearted young man interested in rap music and said he was unarmed when he was attacked. The family has questioned whether he was mistakenly targeted.