Charles Charlee Willis, 53, was shot and killed while working as a security guard at Pizza D’Action on West Markham Street in Little Rock. On March 26, 2022, witnesses say Willis escorted a patron, 23-year-old Tyler Jackson, out after a confrontation. Jackson reportedly tried to re-enter the bar carrying a firearm, and Willis was fatally shot as he tried to stop him and protect patrons and staff.

Willis had moved to Little Rock from Baltimore and was described by friends as warm and caring and a dedicated member of the Pizza D’Action family. The Little Rock Police Department investigated the homicide and arrested Tyler Jackson on April 5, 2022; Jackson was charged with first-degree murder and held in the Pulaski County Jail. Willis’s death occurred during a five-day period in the city that involved eleven people being shot.

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