Curtis Lee Upshaw, 32, was fatally shot in the late morning of February 27, 2021, at the Marathon gas station at 911 Broad Street in Phenix City, Alabama. Officers found him in the passenger seat of a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Georgia, and pronounced dead at 12:54 PM. The Russell County Coroner’s Office sent his body to the Alabama Department of Forensics in Montgomery for autopsy.

The Phenix City Police Department opened a homicide investigation and located a suspect vehicle off Sandfort Road in Phenix City. Investigators identified a person of interest and arrested 19-year-old Markei Miles, who was charged with capital murder in Upshaw’s death. The shooting left family and the community reeling.

If anyone was at the Marathon station that morning or has information about the vehicle found near Sandfort Road, please come forward to assist the investigation.