Zachariah Bryson, a 28-year-old Black man from Little Rock, died after a late-night shooting on April 18, 2026. Little Rock police say the first call came in shortly after 11:09 p.m., sending officers to 11311 Mara Lynn Road for an unknown trouble call; within minutes another call directed officers to 10724 West Markham Street, where Bryson was found with an apparent gunshot wound. He was alive when first responders reached him and was transported to a local hospital, but his injuries proved fatal. The Pulaski County Coroner took custody of the body and it was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsy.

Investigators treated the incident as a homicide from the outset. Major Crimes detectives and the Crime Scene Search Unit canvassed the area, sought surveillance footage and interviewed witnesses. The incident report lists a handgun as the weapon force involved and records a 9x19 pistol and a 19mm Luger cartridge as property connected to the case. Detectives developed 28-year-old Maicio Brown of Little Rock as a person of interest; he was interviewed, then released pending prosecutor review, and was later arrested on April 20, 2026 and charged with first-degree murder. Detectives said the investigation remained ongoing as they reviewed the sequence of events linking the calls at Mara Lynn Road and West Markham Street.

If anyone has information about either location or the events that night, please share what is known.