On the evening of April 9, 2025, a shooting at the Foxfire Club, 421 N. 10th St., Fort Smith, Arkansas, left two men dead. Officers responding to reports of gunfire at about 7:41 p.m. found 42-year-old Brian Keith Jones and 51-year-old Todd Jewell with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to a local hospital and died of their injuries.

Brian Jones, born May 30, 1982, was remembered as a vibrant, charming man who enjoyed the outdoors, hiking, fishing and exploring caves, and rooted for the Arkansas Razorbacks, St. Louis Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys. He is survived by his wife, Shannon Jones, a stepson and other family and friends.

Investigators identified 45-year-old Nephesh Ruach of Spiro as a suspect; the club owner said Ruach had been a customer for eight years but had been banned previously and that a new bartender on duty that night did not ask him to leave. A multi-agency task force arrested Ruach at a residence on North 38th St. at about 3:05 p.m. on April 10 after he attempted to flee on foot. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

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