On the evening of February 10, 2024, 16-year-old Marcellius Fendi Satrone Stokes, a Black student at Maynard Jackson High School, was found with a gunshot wound in the 900 block of Linam Avenue in Atlanta’s Peoplestown neighborhood. A call came to police at about 11 p.m., and Stokes was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Authorities returned to the house where the shooting occurred the next morning and arrested 22-year-old Bakari Stokes-Martin in connection with the death. Investigators confirmed the victim and the arrested man were related but did not specify how. Charges filed against Stokes-Martin included murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The motive has not been released.

Funeral services for Marcellius were held March 2, 2024, at Life Changes Walk of Faith in East Point, with a public viewing the day before. If anyone knew Marcellius or has information about the shooting, please come forward.