Police find man dead in wood after salon shooting
A police search was launched for Williams after his formerpartner, who worked at the Carol-Ann hairdressing salon in Malpas Road, Newport, was shot in the leg on Friday afternoon.
Two women customers also suffered minor injuries in the shooting. Williams’s former partner remains in a stable condition at the Royal Gwent Hospital but the two others have now been released, police said.
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Hide AdWilliams was found dead on Friday night in Brynglas woods – just a mile from where the incident took place.
Earlier, a member of the public reported finding Williams’s grey Mini Cooper beside a canal and police found his body in the woods about an hour later.
Police said that they were not treating the death as suspicious or looking for anyone in connection with it.
Family liaison officers from Gwent police are supporting the relatives of those involved.