Effie Guajardo, 25, was shot and killed at a Little Rock residence on the night of Friday, July 18, 2025. Police were called to 1025 Brookside Drive for a reported shooting at 11:51 p.m.; officers arrived shortly after midnight on July 19 and found Effie unresponsive on the back porch with apparent gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers encountered 26-year-old Cortez Price at the home; he told them he had shot his girlfriend and was taken into custody without incident. Homicide detectives and the Crime Scene Search Unit investigated, the Pulaski County Coroner’s Office transported Effie’s body to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsy, and Price was charged with capital murder. The incident was described by officials as domestic in nature.

Effie was a McClellan High School graduate, a mother to two children, Vincent LeRoy Guajardo and Jote Anastasia Peach Guajardo, and worked at a Dollar General in Bryant. Who knew Effie or was in the Brookside Drive area that night and can help investigators with information?