Forkland man charged with murder after turning himself in to Demopolis police

FORKLAND — Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) arrested last night, Aug. 2, Markell Tionne Gray, 19, of Forkland for the murder of Otha Deail Davis, 36, also of Forkland.

Gray was taken into custody shortly after he turned himself in at the Demopolis Police Department. The incident took place at approximately 6:30 p.m., at Moore’s One Stop Convenience store in Forkland. Gray is being held at the Greene County Jail on Murder and Discharging a firearm into an occupied building charges. Bond has not yet been set.

Nothing further is available as the investigation continues.