MONROE — Five people have been arrested in connection with the death of Marshall Eugene Little Jr., who died after being shot and wrecking his car while driving through Marshville early Monday morning.

Four of those arrested were charged with homicide: Octavius Dwavle Gainey, 19, of 3425 Lanesboro Road, Marshville; Jequan Brooks Coffey, a juvenile, of 409 Woodberry Drive, Wingate; Lee Junior Miller, 31, of 3519 Lanesboro Road, Marshville; and Roderick Xavier Crowder (aka Roderick Crowder Marsh), 27, of 2704 Bobwhite Circle, Wingate. All are being held on no bond in the Union County Jail.

Crowder also faces multiple charges stemming from an incident Tuesday after a man fled from a license checkpoint on Monroe-Ansonville Road, prompting an unsuccessful search involving multiple law enforcement agencies that lasted more than three hours.

Marshville Police Chief Mike Gaddy said Crowder had not been a suspect before Tuesday’s incident, but became one afterward.

Gail Rushing Gainey, 46, of 3425 Lanesboro Road was charged with obstruction of justice. She was released on a $2,500 bond.

The Marshville Police Department, with assistance from the Union County Sheriff’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation, executed a search warrant at the Gainey residence Friday before making the arrests.

Gaddy said the four charged with murder were in one vehicle and shot at Little, 24, while both cars were traveling through Marshville on U.S. Highway 74 around 12:30 a.m. Monday. Little, who was traveling east, crossed all the way across the highway and hit a utility pole beside the westbound lanes. The subsequent investigation kept U.S. 74 closed in Marshville for around four hours.

Gaddy said he did not yet have the medical examiner’s report and did not yet know if Little died from the gunshot wound or from the wreck.

In the incident Tuesday, the driver of a Ford Thunderbird was told at the license checkpoint that the car he was driving was stolen. Highway Patrol Trooper Bryan Kirkpatrick said that the driver tried to escape toward Monroe, made several turns and came back down Monroe-Ansonville Road. He spun out just past Bobwhite Circle, jumped out and ran into a wooded area. A search that included bloodhounds and a helicopter was unsuccessful.

As a result of that incident, Crowder faces charges of driving with license revoked, driving left of center, failure to stop for blue lights and siren, reckless driving to endanger, speeding to elude arrest and probation violation.