On the afternoon of January 2, 2023, Marquise Cortez Hall, 31, was fatally shot on Blackington Avenue in Flint, Michigan. The shooting occurred just before 4 p.m.; Hall was taken to a local hospital where he died. The city reported this as Flint’s first homicide of the year.

Hall was a father and an entrepreneur, credited with starting a basketball league in Bay City and founding his own clothing line. A 30-year-old male suspect was pursued by police after the shooting; the chase went through parts of Mt. Morris and Flint Townships and ended with the suspect being taken into custody and lodged in the Genesee County Jail. The Flint Major Case Unit handled the investigation.