UPDATE: Marshall Payne has been convicted of shooting and killing DJ Fickey in October 2016, according to District Attorney Clay Fuller.

The jury delivered a guilty verdict on both counts (malice murder and felony murder) Thursday evening, November 20.

Judge Don Thompson sentenced Payne to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

The Walker County Sheriff's Office investigated the shooting as a suicide after Fickey's death, but six years later, they ruled it a homicide.

Deputies arrested Payne in June 2023.

We are working to learn more.

PREVIOUS STORY: The family of a man who was murdered in Walker County seven years ago got to face his accused killer in court Monday.

Marshall Payne, 50, is charged with shooting and killing DJ Fickey in October 2016.

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