Details emerge in death of Anthony Oatis Jr.
Court documents reveal a Gulfport man who was shot in June was killed for an iPhone and some cash.
Thirty-year-old Anthony Oatis Jr. was found shot on the night of June 27th after police were called to an accident near C Street, just south of Pass Road in Gulfport.
Our media partner, the Sun Herald, reports that Oatis and two suspects, 25-year-old Erick Hunt of Jackson and 16-year-old Eric Chopin of Moss Point, got into an argument.
That’s when Chopin and Hunt allegedly pulled guns and demanded the iPhone and $2,300 cash from Oatis before Hunt allegedly fatally shot him.
Hunt was arrested in Jackson and charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder. Chopin was charged as an adult with armed robbery.
