Marvin Wells

Death by Force

Marvin Wells, 17, a male who was Black/African American, spent his last Sunday afternoon walking within the Lakeside Circle neighborhood of Ponchatoula when gunfire shattered the quiet. Around midday on July 20, 2025, a car rolled up and shots erupted, striking three people. Marvin Wells, 17, was grievously wounded and later died; the other victims were a 17-year-old boy and a 59-year-old man who were treated at North Oaks Medical Center and released. The shooting, the first homicide of the year ...Read More

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