A late-night shooting on September 14, 2022, left 60-year-old Jerry Simmons dead and two others wounded in a Pine Bluff neighborhood. Police responding to a 2:00 a.m. call found Simmons unresponsive inside the doorway of a South Elm Street residence; he was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds and his body was sent for autopsy to the Arkansas State Crime Lab. Two additional people were located outside the home with gunshot injuries and were taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center, one requiring surgery.

Simmons was born May 26, 1962, and was a Pine Bluff native who had played football at Pine Bluff High School. After working in Baytown, Texas, he returned home and supported himself as a carpenter and handyman, remembered by acquaintances for his infectious smile and warm personality. The Pine Bluff Police Department is investigating the homicide; no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

If anyone in Pine Bluff has information about that night or the shooting, please contact the police.