Ethan Martin, 20, of Marianna, Arkansas, was shot just after midnight on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at the convenience store parking lot at Alabama and Chestnut Streets. Responding officers found two men with gunshot wounds; Ethan was critically injured, placed into an ambulance and pronounced dead by the Lee County coroner while being transported. A 27-year-old man from Marianna was also wounded and taken to Regional One Health in Memphis with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

The Marianna Police Department asked the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division to lead the homicide inquiry. Detectives processed the scene, sent Ethan’s body to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for autopsy, interviewed witnesses, reviewed nearby surveillance footage and followed tips from the community. Authorities have not publicly announced any arrests or identified suspects, and they released no information about a motive.

If anyone was nearby that night or has information about activity at the corner of Alabama and Chestnut in the early hours of November 9, please come forward.