On the morning of October 30, 2021, a burst of violence shattered the quiet of a Tucson, Arizona, apartment complex. Responding to a report of a shooting at approximately 10 a.m. in the 2500 block of North Dodge Boulevard, near Flower Street, police officers discovered a grim scene. Twenty-six-year-old Gary Marcel Melton, a Male, was found suffering from gunshot wounds.
Despite the immediate medical attention rendered at the scene, his injuries proved fatal, and he was pronounced dead.
The investigation into the death of Gary Marcel Melton quickly focused on a single individual. Detectives from the Tucson Police Department identified 33-year-old David Benjamin Bell as the suspect in the fatal shooting. As a result of their investigation, a felony warrant for second-degree murder was issued for Bell's arrest, transforming the case into a manhunt. The search for Bell concluded when authorities located him at another apartment complex situated near Alvernon Way and Grant Road.
David Benjamin Bell was taken into custody without any resistance and was subsequently booked into the Pima County Jail. His arrest marked a significant development in a case that had contributed to a violent Halloween weekend in Tucson, which saw another young man lose his life in a separate shooting incident. The apprehension of the suspect brought a measure of resolution to the investigation into the tragic and untimely death of Gary Marcel Melton.
