On the evening of December 14, 2025, a shooting at the Gibbs Apartment Complex on Milton Avenue in Marianna, Florida, left 30-year-old Gary Jerome Davis Jr. of Greenwood dead. Officers from the Marianna Police Department arrived around 5:20 p.m. and found Davis suffering multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the case was investigated as a homicide.

Detectives identified Jashawn Arthur Jones as involved in the aftermath; Jones was taken into custody and charged with accessory after the fact to murder, with bond set at $25,000 at his first court appearance. Investigators continued seeking a second, primary suspect and coordinated with regional partners.

Days later investigators located 19-year-old David Arthur Smith in Orlando, where Orlando Police officers, assisting Marianna Police and the U.S. Marshals Service, arrested him on the evening of December 19, 2025, without incident. The arrests were credited to multiagency cooperation.

If anyone knew Gary Davis Jr. or saw activity around the Gibbs Apartment Complex that week, please share what was noticed.