On the morning of December 15, 2023, a family business at 1925 Capps Road in Harrison, Arkansas, was the scene of a fatal shooting. Officers from the Harrison Police Department responded around 7:45 a.m. and found 50-year-old Shawn Brewer inside with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers encountered Shawn’s 23-year-old son, Michael Alexander Brewer, exiting the building with blood on his hands and speaking on a phone. Michael was taken into custody at the scene without incident. Michael told investigators that he and his father had been in a physical altercation that morning and that he retrieved a handgun and shot his father. Michael initially faced a charge of capital murder and was held in the Boone County Jail without bond.

Michael later entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder and received a sentence of ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction followed by a ten-year suspended sentence. Defense motions had been filed seeking suppression of physical evidence and a statement given to law enforcement. If anyone knew Shawn or Michael Brewer or has information about what led to this confrontation, please share what you know.