SUSPECT IN FATAL SHOOTING ON DODD BOULEVARD HAS BEEN CAPTURED

(From the Rome Police Department):

A man suspected of fatally wounding a 30-year-old man and evading police for over two weeks was arrested and detained in Dayton, Ohio.

Floydell Quinchard Smith, 33, is accused of the murder of Te’Vian Markez Williams on June 27, 2023 at a Dodd Blvd address. Members of the US Marshall’s Office worked to track Mr. Smith’s location with the assistance of public tips and information. He has been booked into the Montgomery County Jail in Dayton, Ohio and awaits extradition to Floyd County.

According to a previous RPD report –

On June 27, 2023 at about 1:40 am, Rome Police Officers responded to 131 Dodd Blvd, Callier Springs Apartment Complex, to a report of a male subject who had been shot. Officers arrived and found a black male had been shot in the upper leg/groin area and was bleeding heavily. Officers rendered aid to the male until Emergency Medical Services arrived and took over care. The male was transported to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. The victim was identified as Williams.