Erica Mechelle Chew, 42, was fatally wounded in a shooting on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023, in Blytheville, Arkansas, near Willow and Madison streets. She was taken first to Great River Medical Center and then transferred to Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee, where she died of her injuries.

The Blytheville Police Department identified 34-year-old Elbert Earl Thomas, Jr. as a suspect and later obtained a warrant charging him with second-degree murder, describing him as armed and dangerous. The investigation into the circumstances of the shooting remains ongoing.

Chew was born August 14, 1981, and was a mother of two sons and a daughter. Her funeral was held December 1, 2023, at First Missionary Baptist Church in Blytheville, and she was buried in Gethsemane Gardens Cemetery.

If anyone knew Erica or has information about the events near Willow and Madison streets on November 23, please come forward with what you know.