Marvin Ellis, 42, was found shot to death near the intersection of San Mateo and Zuni in Albuquerque on May 31, 2015. Warrants were issued the next day for two men, Thomas Stevenson and O’Shay Toney, who were identified by investigators as the primary suspects in Ellis’s killing. Reports say investigators linked both men to the crime through their inquiry and evidence, though motive was not immediately clear.

Marvin Ellis’s nephew, Kenneth Ellis, later testified against O’Shay Toney in that 2015 case. Kenneth was fatally shot on the dance floor of the Elk’s Lodge at San Pedro and Lomas in Albuquerque in April 2024; police said that shooting was likely retaliation for his testimony. Security footage and witness statements pointed to Theodore Toney, a relative of O’Shay Toney, and he was charged with an open count of murder with a firearm enhancement and taken into custody.

Does anyone have information about Marvin Ellis, the 2015 investigation, or connections that might explain how this cycle of violence began?