MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man turned himself in to the Horn Lake Police Department on Thursday after being accused of shooting a repo man in Horn Lake, Mississippi.

Marshun Colbert, 26, was taken into custody on his outstanding warrant for aggravated assault.

Around 4:45 p.m., Horn Lake Police say they responded to a shots-fired call in a parking lot on 7256 Interstate Boulevard.

Officers say a wrecker driver for All Star Recovery attempted to repossess a vehicle on the lot. That is when an argument about the repossession of an SUV began between the repo man and a man, later identified as Marshun Colbert.

During the argument, Cobert is accused of firing a single shot at the wrecker driver.

Baha Hamed is the owner of Beauty and Company in DeSoto Crossing shopping center in Horn Lake.

His front door’s not far from where an overturned SUV and evidence markers were surrounded by crime scene tape.

“Yesterday, the manager called me and told me that he seen the commotion outside,” Hamed said. “Actually, he didn’t hear a gunshot. He just heard commotion and he walked outside and seen a crowd of people. That was pretty much seconds after the incident happened.
People were obviously in shock.”

As the wrecker driver drove off, police say the vehicle being repossessed fell from the wrecker lift and onto its side in the parking lot.

A woman was also in the vehicle being repossessed when it fell from the wrecker lift, police say. She was taken to Baptist DeSoto Hospital for injuries and later discharged.

The wrecker driver drove himself to Baptist DeSoto Hospital for treatment and was later taken to Regional One Hospital in critical condition.

Police say he is still critical but stable.

A local repo company owner who didn’t want to be identified told WREG that she knows the victim.

“It was a really frightening. It was scary cause we were just worried that he was hurt really bad and critical,” she said. “I think he’s gonna pull through, but it’s just really scary thing cause I have agents out in the field also.”

She added that a couple of his own agents had been shot at multiple times.

She added that these types of situations are happening more frequently and repo agents are often helpless targets.

“Insurance regulations, they don’t want any of the agents carrying guns,” he said. “So, none of our agents carry guns. We just tell them if there’s altercations like that, just to leave.”