In the winter of 2018, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm outside a Burger King in Antioch, Tennessee, leaving two men dead in what investigators believed was a drug transaction that turned violent. One of the men was 26-year-old Marcus Lee. The fatal encounter unfolded on the evening of January 23, 2018, inside a Toyota Camry parked at the fast-food restaurant on Murfreesboro Road.
According to Metro Police detectives, Lee and 20-year-old Ronnie Tunstill were involved in a
drug deal when the situation escalated, resulting in both men shooting one another. The exchange of gunfire proved fatal for both. One of the men was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other, after managing to flag down an ambulance, succumbed to his injuries at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The investigation into the double fatality concluded that Lee and Tunstill were the sole participants in the deadly altercation. As both men died from the gunshot wounds they inflicted on each other, no arrests were made in connection with the case. The incident was classified as a homicide, with the circumstances indicating a lethal conclusion to a prearranged meeting that spiraled into violence. Marcus Darrelle Lee, born on November 15, 1991, was laid to rest on February 3, 2018, following a funeral service at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.
