Derrick Gerod Marks was 25 when he was shot and killed in the parking lot of Hunter Ridge Apartments in Irondale on the evening of February 25, 2020. Earlier that day his close friend Delquan McNeily had been fatally shot in Center Point; Marks had attended the scene and later went to the apartment complex to play video games with friends. His mother had told him to stay home, but a phone call led him to leave.

Investigators found about three dozen shell casings at the apartment parking lot and believe Marks was struck after being ambushed outside the vehicle; a leg wound became fatal after the bullet traveled to his heart. He was taken to St. Vincent’s East Hospital and pronounced dead at 7:13 p.m. His mother said she thought someone may have targeted him knowing he had cash for gaming; she did not believe his death and his friend’s shooting were connected. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the homicide remains unsolved.

If anyone was at Hunter Ridge Apartments that evening or has information about who called him away, please share what you know with investigators.