Marlon Edwards, a 42-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on May 22, 2021, in Greenwood, Mississippi. His death occurred the same night as the killing of 39-year-old Leroye Watkins; law enforcement described that night as unusually violent for the city, with police investigating three homicides in total.

Reports say the shootings that killed Edwards and Watkins were part of two separate double homicides that happened within a short timeframe. Details about how Edwards was killed have been limited, and officials asked the public for help during the investigation. No information about identified suspects or arrests in Edwards’s death has been released.

If anyone knew Marlon Edwards or has information about what happened in Greenwood on May 22, 2021, please share what you know with the Greenwood Police Department.