On the evening of April 15, 2024, officers responded to a reported shooting at a home at 1918 S. Arlington in Pine Bluff. When police arrived just after 7:30 PM they found two men who had been shot. Thirty-three-year-old Roderick Breedlove had been fatally wounded and was pronounced dead at the scene.

A second 33-year-old man, Joseph Lampkin, survived with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries and was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center. Authorities have not released a motive, and the Pine Bluff Police Department describes the matter as an active homicide investigation; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

Seven months after Breedlove’s death his family held a lantern release on what would have been his 34th birthday and continue to seek information. If anyone knew Breedlove, was at or near 1918 S. Arlington on April 15, 2024, or has information that could help, please contact the Pine Bluff Police Department.