COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — A Coweta County jury found a Newnan gun store owner guilty of murder on Feb. 11 in connection with the 2024 shooting death of his girlfriend . The shooting happened as a community event was winding down in downtown Newnan. William Brannon Owens, 40, was convicted of felony murder and multiple other charges following a seven-day trial on the death of 28-year-old Olivia Robinson, said Herb Cranford, district attorney of Coweta Judicial Circuit. The conviction stems from a shooting on Sept. 20, 2024, at Oz Tactical in downtown Newnan. Coweta Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge W. Travis Sakrison sentenced Owens to serve life in prison with the possibility of parole, followed by an additional 15 years. Robinson was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the face while Owens was intoxicated, police said. The shooting happened at about 9:17 p.m. during the Fall Art Walk event in downtown Newnan. When Newnan Police Department officers arrived at the store, they found Owens weeping over Robinson’s body in a back office. Owens, who appeared visibly intoxicated, told investigators that Robinson had shot herself while he was asleep. The two had been dating for
