Golden Reed Stowers, 44, died on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at his home on County Road 74 west of Calico Rock, Arkansas. While loading a car onto a trailer with two others, the group paused and walked from a field toward the house. After opening a gate, Stowers reached for a holstered handgun he was carrying and the firearm discharged, inflicting a fatal wound.

One person helped Stowers into the house where he collapsed. Emergency personnel from Air-Evac, Baxter Health ambulance, Lone Rock Fire Department and Baxter County deputies responded, but Stowers was pronounced dead at the scene. The Baxter County Sheriff’s Office investigated and concluded the shooting was accidental and self-inflicted, finding no evidence of foul play; no arrests were made.

Are there readers who remember Golden Reed Stowers or who were in the Calico Rock area that afternoon and can share what they know?