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A Selma man who has been indicted with the 2021 murder of Selma Police Officer Marquis Moorer has entered a plea of not guilty.

Javonte Stubbs, 22, pleaded not guilty to charges of murder of a police officer, capital murder by shooting into a dwelling and “attempt murder (overt act).” The charges are in connection with a July 27, 2021 incident in which Moorer died from a “gunshot with a rifle” while the officer was “on duty or in the act or performance of an official or job related duty,” according to the Jan. 31, 2025, indictment.

The capital murder charge is due to the fact that Moorer was shot to death inside of a dwelling. The attempted murder charge after Moorer’s girlfriend, Skakiaria Barley, was wounded during the shooting incident.

Circuit Judge Collins Pettway set another hearing in the case for Nov. 17 to get an update from the attorneys for when they stand with the case.

A second suspect was arrested following the incident, identified as Andrevious Quinton Carter, now 26 years old. However, he was released in February 2025 according to jail records.

On July 27, 2021, between 3:30 and 4 a.m., a shooting happened in the area of Selma Square Apartments. Selma Police Chief Kenta Fulford said in a July 27, 2021 story that Moorer, who was working the night shift, was on his “lunch break” when the incident took place. Moorer died on the scene. Barley was shot in the leg and hospitalized.

Stubbs also entered another not guilty plea on the charge of capital murder — victim in a vehicle related to a July 24, 2021 in which Keterion LaJavis Goldsby was shot to death with a firearm while the victim was inside his vehicle. That indictment was also returned on Jan. 31, 2025.

Goldsby was killed at the intersection of LL Anderson Avenue and Lauderdale Street while driving his vehicle on Saturday, July 24, 2021. The victim’s vehicle came to final rest at the intersection of Minter Avenue and Lauderdale Street in Selma.

Officers responded and discovered the victim with a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to Baptist South where he later died from his injuries.

Kristopher Deon Stubbs, 46, is also facing capital murder charges related to the same incident. He was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Sept. 24, 2024. He was being held without bond.