A Facebook Marketplace transaction arranged for a dirt bike turned deadly in Athens, Georgia. On the evening of Monday, May 17, 2021, 21-year-old Casey Parten of Flowery Branch went with his 24-year-old brother Tyler to Marlborough Downs Road in the Stonehenge subdivision to meet a 16-year-old listed as Ashawn Adams. The meeting reportedly was a setup; an exchange of gunfire left Adams and Casey Parten critically wounded at the scene.

Responding officers found a large crowd and two people with gunshot injuries. Adams was pronounced dead at the scene; Casey Parten was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Police recovered two firearms and described the incident as a pretense for a robbery. No suspects or arrests had been publicly identified by the time of the reports, and investigators were awaiting autopsy results and further testing.

If anyone witnessed the meeting on Marlborough Downs Road or has information about similar Marketplace contacts in that area, please share what is known.