HPD Investigators seek information on murder suspect

Published on October 1, 2021

The Huntsville Police Department (HPD) is asking for the public’s assistance for information about the whereabouts of 27-year-old Deonte Shavon Shelton. Major Crimes Unit Investigators have obtained murder and robbery warrants for Shelton following a shooting incident at 4116 Newson Road on Thursday, September 30 at 12:17 p.m.

Shelton is accused of shooting and killing the victim, 54-year-old Tyron Williams, following a verbal altercation between the two at an apartment complex. Investigators believe the incident is drug-related, and both the suspect and the victim were living at the complex.

Late Thursday afternoon, investigators served a search warrant on a unit at the apartment complex where Shelton is known to live with the leaseholder, 22-year-old Teonna Breonshea Ray. She was arrested and booked into the Madison County Jail around 7:45 p.m. for possession of marijuana, drug trafficking – opium, possession of drug paraphernalia and two possession of controlled substance charges. Ray bonded out of the jail shortly after midnight on Friday, October 1 with a $23,800 bond.

Anyone with information about Shelton’s whereabouts or about William’s murder is asked to contact HPD Investigators at 256-722-7100.