Guilty Verdict Returned in Workplace Shooting

July 15, 2021 – A bakery employee has been convicted of attempting to kill his supervisor in a workplace shooting in 2019 in a Whitehaven distribution center off of Brooks Road, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

A Criminal Court jury deliberated 30 minutes and convicted Marcus Davis, 40, as charged, of attempted first-degree murder and employment of a firearm in the commission of a dangerous felony.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 19 by Judge Bobby Carter.

According to testimony, on the afternoon of Oct. 18, 2019, Davis got into an argument with his team leader at Bimbo Bakeries on Fleetbrook. The argument briefly became physical, and Davis then pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired several shots. The incident was captured on security video.

The team leader, age 29, was struck in the chest and left arm, and was hospitalized in critical condition. Davis fled, but turned himself in to authorities 12 days later.

The case was handled by Senior Felony Asst. Neil Umsted and Asst. Dist Atty. Brad Reasonover of the District Attorney’s Vertical Team 3 which handles cases in General Sessions Division 11 and in Criminal Court Division 3.