Willie Marshall, a 55-year-old Black man, was shot in the early evening of Tuesday, January 7, 2020, on Hercules Street in Mobile, Alabama, about a block from Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. The shooting occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m.; Marshall was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries. This was reported as Mobile’s first homicide of 2020.

Police described the circumstances surrounding the shooting as unclear and opened an investigation. At the time of initial reporting, no suspects had been identified or named and no motive or sequence of events leading to the shooting was released. There have been no public announcements of arrests or identifications of suspects.

If anyone has information about Marshall’s final movements or the shooting on Hercules Street that evening, please contact the Mobile Police Department.