Marcus Antwonne Edwards Jr., 26, was shot to death in the early morning hours of December 1, 2020, at the Marketplace Apartments on Fairburn Road in southwest Atlanta. He sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest and died despite emergency treatment. His death was one of three separate shootings in the area that day; investigators have said they do not believe the incidents were connected.

The Atlanta Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Funeral services for Edwards were held December 9, 2020, at New Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. If anyone has information about what happened to Marcus Antwonne Edwards Jr., please come forward to aid the investigation.