Joseph Joey Bryan Cuneo was 39 when he was shot and killed in the living room of a Sonora Road home in Springdale, Arkansas, on the morning of May 6, 2022. Friends described him as selfless and say he lost his life while protecting a friend. Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office found Cuneo with a fatal gunshot wound when they responded to reports of a shooting.

Cuneo was a devoted father to a five-year-old son and is survived by his mother and brother. Investigators identified 18-year-old Uriel Martinez as a suspect after witnesses reported seeing Martinez in the same living room holding a black rifle and then fleeing in Cuneo’s vehicle. Martinez was later taken into custody and charged with capital murder and robbery.

Does anyone have information about Cuneo, the Sonora Road residence, or what occurred that morning?