A shooting on a Saturday afternoon in Marianna, Arkansas, left two men dead and a third critically wounded. On February 11, 2023, Marianna Police responded to the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Florida Street after a 911 call at about 2:06 p.m. There officers found 32-year-old Albert Lee Dillard III of Forrest City with multiple gunshot wounds; the Lee County Coroner pronounced him dead at about 4:15 p.m. Another victim, 59-year-old Arthur Hill, also of Forrest City, was taken to Forrest City Medical Center and pronounced dead there at 3:30 p.m. A third man, 32-year-old Davalone Taylor of Marianna, was shot multiple times, initially transported in a private vehicle to Forrest City Medical Center and later airlifted to Regional One Health Medical Center in Memphis.

The Marianna Police Department requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigations Division. Two days after the shooting, on February 13, 2023, authorities arrested 27-year-old Tyler Williams of Forrest City and charged him with two counts of first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and first-degree battery; the investigation was to be submitted to the Lee County Prosecutor’s Office. If anyone has information about the events at the corner of Martin Luther King Drive and Florida Street on February 11, please come forward.