On the late afternoon of May 2, 2022, a dispute outside an apartment building on Fairfield Street in Augusta, Arkansas, escalated into an exchange of gunfire. Twenty-seven-year-old Jaquale K. Mitchell, a Black male, was struck during the shootout and taken to a hospital in White County, where he died a short time later.

Witnesses said an argument between Mitchell and 25-year-old Anfernee Neal preceded the shooting and that both men fired at each other. The Arkansas State Police led the investigation with assistance from the Augusta Police Department and other local agencies. Neal was sought as the primary suspect, surrendered on May 3, 2022, and was taken to the Woodruff County Jail. He was charged with first-degree murder; the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division continued investigating the circumstances of the confrontation.

If anyone witnessed the argument or the shooting, or has information about what led up to it, please share what is known.