In the early morning hours of Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 18-year-old Brandon Johnson was found with apparent gunshot wounds at a home in the Southwest Division of Little Rock, Arkansas. Patrol officers arrived at about 5:31 a.m. after a report of a shooting; medical teams responded but Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. The Pulaski County Coroner transferred his body to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsy, and detectives from the Major Crimes Division and the Crime Scene Search Unit conducted the investigation.

Detectives developed another 18-year-old, Jeremiah Lowery, as the primary person of interest. Police located and took Lowery into custody without further incident; after interview and evidence gathering he was charged with Capital Murder and booked into the Pulaski County Regional Jail. What information about the incident or the people involved could help clarify the circumstances that led to this shooting?