December 10, 2024
Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice
Marquice Pierce, of Chester, Delaware County, has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a man who then crashed his car into a man standing on the side of Interstate-95 in September. Both the driver and the bystander were killed.
A Delaware County man accused of a double homicide that stemmed from a shooting on Interstate 95 in September was arrested by Pennsylvania state troopers Monday.
Marquice Pierce, 32, of Chester, allegedly shot Clinton Martin, 29, in the neck while he was driving a Mazda 5 near the northbound ramp to I-476. Investigators said Martin's car then hit the right barrier, traveled for a quarter-mile and struck a Chevrolet Malibu that was disabled on the shoulder and its driver, Joshua Waltz, who was standing outside.
Martin, whose body was found in the driver's seat, died from the gunshot wound, prosecutors said. Waltz, 33, whose body was found under the Mazda, died from the crash. The shooting and crash took place Sept. 13 around 10 p.m.
Pierce was charged with first- and third-degree murder, driving while his license was suspended or revoked, receiving stolen property and weapons violations. He remains in custody.
Police have not detailed the reason that Pierce allegedly shot Martin, or how they found Pierce. An investigation into the double homicide is ongoing.
