In the summer of 2022, the life of 33-year-old Johnny Lee Marbury, a Black male from Childersburg, Alabama, was cut short by gunfire. On the evening of Sunday, July 31, police responded to a call in the Stately Homes housing community. There, they found Marbury deceased, the victim of a fatal shooting. Another individual was also struck by a bullet during the incident but was expected to survive their injuries.
Investigators at the scene believed that a number of people were in the
vicinity when the shooting occurred. In the immediate aftermath, a reward of one thousand dollars was offered for any information that could lead to an arrest in what was being investigated as a homicide.
Publicly available information regarding the investigation into Johnny Lee Marbury's death does not indicate that any arrests have been made or that any specific suspects have been identified. The case remains a painful and unresolved chapter for his family and the Childersburg community.
