On May 21, 2022, at about 12:30 AM officers responded to a shots-fired call at the Big Country Chateau Apartments on Colonel Glenn Road in Little Rock. They found 30-year-old Wayeland Battles suffering from a gunshot wound near the front of the complex. Medical personnel transported Battles to a hospital; he was listed in critical condition and later died of his injuries.

Authorities announced an arrest on June 14, 2022, charging 30-year-old Leonard Radcliff with capital murder in connection with Battles’s death; the investigation was reported as ongoing. Battles was a father of four and is survived by his spouse Dominique Murray, his mother Stacy Neal, and multiple siblings. He was preceded in death by his stepfather Dan Frazier and grandparents Joe Griffin and Laron Neal. Prior arrests include an obstructing justice and fleeing charge from February 6, 2014.

This was the 33rd homicide in Little Rock in 2022; does anyone have information about the case or knew Wayeland Battles?