By Mark Woolsey

UPDATE: Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department provided the following update:

Stepfather Succumbs To Injuries  

Marietta Detectives continued their investigation through the night.  We can now confirm that fifty-eight-year-old Michael Jackson did not survive his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the hospital.  Working with the Atlanta Police Department and license plate reader technology the suspect’s vehicle was tracked and located unoccupied on John Hope Drive in Atlanta.  It has been brought back to Marietta for processing.  Twenty-six-year-old Pharron Carlos Banks has not been located and should be considered armed and dangerous.  His photo has been attached for public release.  He is 6 foot 5 inches tall and weighs approximately 160 pounds.  Warrant 25-W-9156 has been secured, charging him with Homicide-Murder (F), Aggravated Assault Weapon (F), and Cruelty to Child 3^rd Degree.

Anyone with information about Pharron Banks location is urged to call 911 immediately.    

What started as a domestic dispute escalated into gunfire Monday evening in Marietta.

Marietta police officers were dispatched to 13 Ridge Run Apartment C just before 6:30 after getting word of a heated argument between a stepfather and stepson.

After getting reports of gunfire while en route, officers arrived to find 58-year-old Michael Jackson suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital.

The initial public information release from Marietta police contained no information about the condition of the victim, other than the reference to multiple gunshot wounds.

Police say the other party in the dispute, twenty-six-year-old Pharron Banks, fled before officers arrived. Banks is said to be driving a black Nissan Rogue bearing the license plate SLI6424.

Police are seeking both the car and the suspect and urge anyone with information to contact them through the Marietta Police App or Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.