Ronald Martin, a 25-year-old white male, was murdered on October 14, 1997, in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. The killing was carried out with extreme violence: Martin was shot 28 times in what investigators described as a calculated execution.

McGhee’s spree reportedly included multiple first-degree murders and attempted murders, among them an ambush of two LAPD officers. He was later convicted and sentenced to death in 2009. In April 2025 the California Supreme Court overturned those convictions and the death sentence because a dissenting juror had been improperly removed during deliberations, reopening the legal status of these cases and leaving Ronald Martin’s family facing uncertainty about a possible retrial.