On Thursday, November 23, 2023, 36-year-old Michael Lee Carter Jr. was found in the front doorway of a home on South Knox Street in Dermott, Arkansas. He had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene; his body was taken to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for determination of cause and manner of death.

The Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division took over the inquiry. A suspect later turned himself in to the Dermott Police Department; 49-year-old Zousah Jackson, a California resident who had been staying at the home where the shooting occurred, was arrested and charged with Second-Degree Murder and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.

Carter was born January 10, 1987, in Monticello, Arkansas, to Michael Carter Sr. and Shalonda Cobbs. Funeral services were held and he was buried in Union Ridge Cemetery in Monticello. If anyone has information about what happened that day or knew Michael, please share what you know.