Altovise Swift, 51, was shot on the afternoon of Monday, June 16, 2025, and later died at Forrest City Medical Center from a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. He was found in the street on Oak Avenue and his body was sent to the Arkansas State Medical Examiner for autopsy. Born in Forrest City to Dorothy Johnson and Andrew Swift Jr., Altovise graduated from Forrest City High School’s Class of 1991. He returned to Arkansas after working at K&R Auto Sales and spending time in Georgia on the set of The Walking Dead, later launching ventures including Sunrise Originals and the Poppin’ Off Podcast.

Friends and family remembered him as compassionate, determined, and someone who used his life experience to motivate others; he enjoyed antique cars and classic bicycles. Within days investigators obtained a witness identification; the Forrest City Police Department announced arrests in connection with his death. Damien McGuffie, 33, was charged with first-degree murder and held on $200,000 bond, and his mother Christie McGuffie, 50, was charged as an accomplice to first-degree murder with bond set at $100,000.

Does anyone have information about Altovise’s last known movements or that afternoon on Oak Avenue?