Marvin Smith, 31, of Hagan, Georgia, was found in the yard of a residence on East James Street in Claxton with multiple gunshot wounds after shots were reported just after 12:30 a.m. on December 25, 2022. Emergency responders and law enforcement rendered aid, but Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Claxton Police Department opened an investigation and asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist. In the weeks after the shooting the GBI identified 24-year-old Darrell Williams as the primary person sought and warned he might be armed and dangerous. Williams turned himself in to authorities in February 2023 and was charged with Smith’s murder; later reports place him in custody with the Evans County Sheriff’s Department as of late 2025.

Smith’s obituary describes him as having an entrepreneurial spirit. If anyone knew Marvin, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.