On the afternoon of Thursday, July 20, 2023, officers from the Hot Springs Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Ward Street in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. Inside the home they found two 40-year-old men, Joe Nathaniel Hicks Jr. and Harvey Jackson Austin, both deceased from gunshot wounds. The call to police came at approximately 4:16 p.m.

The Criminal Investigations Division took over the case as a double homicide. Investigators identified a person of interest and, that same evening at about 10:30 p.m., located and arrested 35-year-old Jamieon Katreal Hawkins-Nolen of Hot Springs. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and booked into the Garland County Detention Center with bond set at $500,000.

What information can readers share about Joe Hicks Jr., his movements that afternoon, or anyone who might have been at the Ward Street residence?