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Man Charged With Firing Shots Into Wilkesboro Hotel Rooms

February 22, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Germany Martezz Butler

A Monroe man has been arrested in Wilkes County after he allegedly fired multiple gunshots into at least three rooms at a Wilkesboro Hotel.

Wilkesboro Police were called to the Days Inn on Highway 421 around 2:25am Sunday.

A Texas man told Police he was in bed when a bullet hit just above his head striking the headboard.

Reports indicate a female and a male subject exited a room. The male identified as Germany Martezz Butler, age 33 of Monroe has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling, possessing a stolen firearm, discharging a firearm in city limits, misdemeanor possession of marijuana and four counts of injury to real property. Butler was placed in the Wilkes County Jail under a $1 million bond. The female has not been charged.

A 9MM handgun was found in the room that was occupied by Butler. The weapon is reported as stolen from Caldwell County,

Butler has a long criminal history in both North Carolina and Tennessee and is reported tell officers he wanted to go back to prison.

Photo: Wilkesboro Police Department

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