Robert Harper, 23, was shot and killed on the evening of May 16, 2026, in Blytheville, Arkansas. Officers answered a call to the 600 block of North Tennessee Street and found Harper with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Great River Medical Center and later pronounced dead. The Blytheville Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators identified three Blytheville residents as suspects and obtained arrest warrants for 21-year-old Devontae Williams and two 18-year-olds, Adarius Williams and Jayden Williams. All three were taken into custody by May 20, 2026, and booked into the Mississippi County Detention Center. Each was charged with first-degree murder, engaging in a continuing criminal gang, and committing a terroristic act; all were ordered held without bond. As of late May 2026, court dates and further legal developments have not been announced.

If anyone in Blytheville has information about what happened on North Tennessee Street that night, please come forward and share what you know.