Marquavious Kentrell Morris, 21, a Black male from West Memphis, was shot to death on the afternoon of August 30, 2023, inside an apartment at The Ridge Apartments on West Jackson Avenue. Officers were dispatched at 3:41 p.m. and found Morris and a woman with multiple gunshot wounds; despite emergency aid, he did not survive, while the woman was rushed to Regional One Hospital in critical condition.
Neighbors’ calls drew police to Building D of the complex, where investigators with the Criminal Investigative Division processed the scene and began canvassing for leads. That evening, authorities publicly identified the victim as Marquavious Morris and asked anyone with information to contact detectives, noting that no arrests had been made at that time.
In the days that followed, family and friends prepared services for Morris in West Memphis, a quiet acknowledgment of the life that ended so suddenly. An obituary posted by the funeral home confirmed his age and the date of death, and memorial pages that gathered tributes anchored his name to that late-August day.
Publicly available records and reporting do not show that police announced an arrest or named a suspect in the case after the initial appeal for tips. As of the latest coverage reviewed, the investigation remained open with no suspect information released to the public.
