Anthony A.J. Marsh Jr. was a 27-year-old Army Reserve specialist from Durham, North Carolina, remembered for his welcoming smile and inspirational personality. On the afternoon of April 19, 2021, he was sitting in his Dodge Ram pickup in the 300 block of East Pilot Street when he was shot. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Court filings say the shooting followed an escalating confrontation: a woman had driven two people, including Toney Allen Smith Jr., to a nearby home for a planned fight. As those three fled, their vehicle struck Marsh’s truck. Marsh followed to ask about the collision, and Smith shot him. Two people were arrested: Nitisha Jewel Page on murder and misdemeanor hit-and-run charges, and Toney Allen Smith Jr. on murder charges. Smith was held without bond.

The criminal cases ended with different outcomes. In July 2024 Smith was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to five to seven years; the charges against Page were dismissed after a judge found prosecutorial bad faith. Marsh’s father, Anthony Marsh Sr., later filed a wrongful death suit against Smith, Page, and another individual and as of March 2026 was still trying to serve Page and the third defendant. Does anyone have information about Marsh’s movements on East Pilot Street that afternoon or about the vehicle involved?