Wanted South Carolina man fatally shot at Oceanway gas station was connected to Westside stabbing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 44-year-old South Carolina man who U.S. Marshals shot and killed at an Oceanway gas station was connected to the death of a 29-year-old man who was fatally stabbed on Jacksonville’s Westside, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.

Nelson Marrero was wanted in South Carolina on a sexual battery charge. On May 21, a U.S. Marshal shot and killed Marrero during an investigation at a Circle K gas station on North Main Street and New Berlin Road.

According to a JSO report, on May 16, Marrero argued with Corey Sampson over unfinished repairs on his motorcycle at a home on La Marche Drive.

Marrero pulled out a knife, and witnesses said Sampson told him to drop it so they could fight like men.

Witnesses told JSO that Marrero stabbed Sampson in the neck and left the scene.

Sampson died from his injuries.