NATCHEZ — At around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, Darryl Merrick had a gun shoved into his back and a death threat in his ear outside the Travel Inn on D’Evereux Drive.

Charles E. Jones Jr. reportedly told Merrick, “I ought to kill you for snitching on my blood brothers,” Natchez Police Sgt. Craig Godbold said.

But, instead of killing him, Jones shoved the gun in Merrick’s mouth.

Jones then took Merrick’s wallet which contained $125 and ran toward Holiday Apartments, Godbold said.

Merrick knew Jones but had no idea why he robbed him or what he meant, Godbold said.

Merrick signed a statement against Jones.

Jones was arrested at 9 a.m. Thursday morning at 601 Old Washington Road, Apt. 6-F.

The apartment belonged to Brandi N. Wimberly.

She was also arrested on four counts of false pretenses.

Wimberly is being held on $1,881 bond.