On the night of July 4, 2023, 26-year-old Jalen Johnson, a Black man, was shot and killed at an apartment complex at 3801 Baseline Road in Little Rock, Arkansas. Officers from the Southwest Patrol Division responded to a reported shooting just after 10:30 p.m. and found Johnson on the second floor with apparent gunshot wounds. Medical personnel attempted life-saving measures but Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to the State Crime Lab for an autopsy.

A 39-year-old man, Ollie Jones, was in the parking lot when officers arrived. Jones had called 911 and told the dispatcher he had shot someone, claiming self-defense. Detectives interviewed Jones, then arrested him and charged him with first-degree murder; he was booked into the Pulaski County Regional Jail. Homicide detectives and the Crime Scene Search Unit processed the scene.

If anyone witnessed the shooting at 3801 Baseline Road on July 4 or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.