On the morning of August 24, 2024, 45-year-old Jeremy Rashad Hicks was found with apparent gunshot wounds at 3612 Foster Street in Little Rock. Officers from the 12th Street Division responded to a shooting call at 11:53 a.m.; MEMS transported Hicks to a local hospital, where he died shortly after arrival.

Little Rock Police Department Homicide Detectives and the Crime Scene Search Unit canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and video. Their preliminary investigation identified 24-year-old Johnny Bailey III as a suspect; an arrest was made on August 28, 2024, and Bailey was charged with capital murder. The investigation is ongoing.

Hicks was born May 31, 1979, and is survived by his mother Deborah Hicks, a daughter named Aniyah, a brother, and four sisters; he was preceded in death by his father Charles Hicks Sr. and a brother.

If anyone saw activity near Foster Street that morning or has surveillance footage, please share what you know with investigators.