On the morning of October 5, 2024, an altercation at a residence on East 34th Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, ended with the death of 29-year-old Otis Daniels. Police responded just after 11 a.m. to reports of a shooting and found Daniels near the intersection of East 34th Avenue and South Missouri Street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead at 11:58 a.m.

Investigators located the shooting near the front door of a home at 1120 E. 34th Ave. The resident, 44-year-old John Carter, was identified as the shooter and taken into custody at the scene. Witnesses and Carter told police the violence began after Daniels came to the home and allegedly struck Carter in the face on the porch; Carter then went inside, retrieved a revolver, returned and shot Daniels, who fled to the nearby intersection.

Carter was treated for injuries from the initial altercation, released from the hospital the same evening and booked into the Jefferson County Detention Center on a capital murder charge. Anyone with information is asked to contact the detective office tip line at 870-730-2106, the detective office at 870-730-2090, or dispatch at 870-541-5300.

Does anyone in Pine Bluff have information about what led to Daniels coming to that address?