A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a deadly shooting near downtown Atlanta’s Greyhound bus station earlier this month.
According to his arrest warrant, Melvin Marshall, 25, is responsible for the death of Torrance Statham on May 17. Marshall was arrested in DeKalb County and booked into the Fulton County Jail on multiple charges, including murder and aggravated assault.
It’s not clear what prompted the shooting, which unfolded near the Garnett MARTA station. The scene was behind the Greyhound station on Forsyth Street, and a MARTA officer called Atlanta police. He told investigators he heard a single gunshot and saw a man standing over the victim’s body before running away, the warrant states.
Statham, who had been shot once in the chest, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Monday, DeKalb police contacted Atlanta investigators to say they had information about a potential suspect. A witness in an unrelated domestic violence incident told DeKalb officers that Marshall “had killed someone in the city a few days ago.”
Officers found Marshall inside an apartment and took him into custody. He remains in the Fulton jail Tuesday without bond.
The day before Marshall was arrested, Atlanta police were again called to the same area after a person was stabbed. That victim, identified only as a 38-year-old man, was described as alert when taken to a hospital.
Police believe the victim was walking through an alley between the Greyhound and MARTA stations when he was approached by two suspects attempting to rob him. One of the suspects had a knife and stabbed him.
No other details have been released about that case.
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