Marquavious Willdarious Boler was a 27-year-old Black man shot dead in Auburn, Alabama, on the night of Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Police were dispatched after shots were reported at an apartment complex in the 800 block of North Gay Street; officers found Boler lying in the parking lot, dead from gunshot wounds. Detectives said the shooting followed a confrontation in the parking lot that escalated and ended with Boler collapsing where the argument occurred.

Auburn police arrested Jeremy Maurice Dowdell, 31, of Auburn, and charged him with capital murder, describing him as an acquaintance of Boler and identifying him as a passenger in a vehicle seen fleeing the scene. The death was being investigated with involvement from the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences State Medical Examiner’s Office. Public memorial postings named Boler’s nickname, Quay, and listed surviving family including a daughter.

If anyone saw or heard anything that night or has information about the confrontation in the 800 block of North Gay Street, please share what is known with detectives or through an anonymous tip line.