On the evening of February 8, 2022, 37-year-old Jela Shermarke Marshall of Opelika, Alabama, was found in the roadway on the 900 block of Morgan Avenue suffering from a gunshot wound. First responders pronounced Marshall deceased at the scene; the Lee County Coroner confirmed the death as a homicide.

The Opelika Police Department opened a homicide investigation and made an arrest the next day. On February 9, 2022, 32-year-old Gregory Geraldo Miles was taken into custody and charged with Marshall’s murder; he was booked into the Lee County Jail. Officials say the investigation remains ongoing and have asked the public to provide any information to the detective division or a secret witness hotline.

If anyone has information about Marshall, his movements that evening, or the shooting on Morgan Avenue, please contact the Opelika Police Department’s detective division or the tip line.