Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another. At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.

Marvin Purnell Jr., age 46

Fatally shot on September 12, 2016 in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

It appears that Marvin killed his sister and father, then himself.

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2 other people also died in this incident.

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