A midday shooting in Wynne, Arkansas, left 34-year-old Javon Beal dead on April 14, 2026. Multiple 911 calls came in around 11:50 a.m. reporting gunfire near C Street and Fitzhugh Circle. Officers found Beal with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to CrossRidge Community Hospital and pronounced dead.

The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division opened a homicide investigation at Wynne Police Department’s request, and Beal’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for determination of cause and manner of death. Authorities identified 36-year-old Edward Lampkin Jr. as a suspect within a day and expanded the search beyond Wynne. Lampkin was taken into custody around 8:45 p.m. on April 16, 2026, at Forest Park Cemetery in Forrest City and was held at the Cross County Detention Center on first-degree murder and weapons charges.

The shooting unfolded in public in a small community and prompted a multiagency manhunt; Lampkin was the only suspect publicly identified. If anyone witnessed the shooting near C Street and Fitzhugh Circle or has information about what happened that day, please share tips with investigators.