Marcus Bowden, 41, was shot dead on August 31, 2018, at a residence on 10th Street North in Tampa, Florida. Police found Bowden and another victim, Albertlean East, both suffering gunshot wounds; Bowden was pronounced dead at the scene and East later died at the hospital.

Police say an argument earlier that evening escalated. A 25-year-old man from Tampa, Darris Lamando Walker, who reportedly was not part of the initial argument, intervened and shot Bowden. When East tried to help Bowden, she was shot as well. Walker was arrested nearly a year later and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and possession of a firearm by a felon; he was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

The case is a stark example of how a single violent intervention destroyed two families.