John Odoms Jr was 48 and was shot in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, January 17, 2023, on the 700 block of Meadowbrook in Jonesboro. Police arrived at about 3:21 a.m. and found him with a gunshot wound in or near a driveway; officers provided lifesaving measures until paramedics transported him to a local hospital. Obituary records list his date of death as January 19 in Jonesboro, indicating he died after being hospitalized.

Detectives opened a criminal investigation and said they were searching for a suspect in the early hours after the shooting. Who fired the shot on Meadowbrook before sunrise, and what evidence might one day identify the shooter?