Nathaniel Antwine Woods II, age 23 and male, died in the early hours of September 28, 2025, after a shooting inside a residence on Mansion Oaks Circle in Odessa, Texas. Police were dispatched around 2:30 a.m., found him in a bathroom, and he was pronounced deceased a short time later.
According to investigators and local reporting, witnesses said the gun was in a bedroom with Michael Arturo Rey, 22, when it was dropped.
As he picked it up and appeared to try to clear it, the firearm discharged; the round traveled into the attached bathroom and struck Nathaniel Antwine Woods II, age 23 and male, in the head.
Detectives arrested Michael Arturo Rey on a charge of manslaughter, a second-degree felony under Texas law. Records and police updates indicate he was taken into custody without injury; booking and news reports list a bond of $30,000. Authorities described the death of Nathaniel Antwine Woods II, age 23 and male, as the result of reckless handling and discharge of a firearm.
In the days that followed, memorial pages and obituaries remembered Nathaniel Antwine Woods II, age 23 and male, as “Bubba,” born in Odessa in 2002 and a 2021 graduate of Permian High School. Friends and family organized online tributes and a fundraiser in his name.
