Man killed in unsolved south Minneapolis murder was community fixture ‘DJ Juice’

Family and friends identified a man killed Friday in an unsolved shooting in south Minneapolis as DJ and community staple Justin “Juice” Marshall.

Police found Marshall after responding to a reported shooting about 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of Franklin and Lyndale avenues. He was taken to HCMC, where he died. It was his 37th birthday.

Marshall died from multiple gunshot wounds, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office said.

As of Saturday evening, no one had been arrested in his homicide.

Family members confirmed through an online fundraiser that Marshall was fatally shot as he biked home Friday night.

His co-workers at Kowalski’s Market on Lyndale Avenue S. said Marshall began working at the store as a teen, becoming a friendly face for customers and colleagues. Some of those fellow workers, saddened by news of his killing, left work early on Friday.

Tiffany Kurtz, who said her knees buckled when she heard Marshall had been killed, said she met him at F45, a training gym where he often DJed.

“There’s no way that those bullets could have been meant for him because he was so good and kind.”

She recalled that Marshall would charge only a fourth of his usual rate when DJing events at Windom Community School in south Minneapolis because, he said, “It’s for the kids.”

She said he accepted tips in cans of White Claw Hard Seltzer, one of his favorite drinks.

Ellie Olson and scores of others gathered Friday to remember Marshall at Tailgate Sports Café, which he frequented. Customers and staffers cried as they talked about his love for music and stargazing.

For Megan Prebeg, a studio manager at F45, Marshall’s death leaves a hole in the community. Prebeg met Marshall around 2017 and became fast friends over music and exercise. She said plans to continue setting up his DJ table on Saturdays because she wants others to see what he meant to south Minneapolis.