Christopher Moritz, 43, was shot and later died after an incident described by authorities as a robbery in the parking lot of Big D Liquor in North Little Rock on the evening of March 9, 2022. The shooting occurred at about 7:55 p.m. near 24th and Railroad; first responders found Moritz with at least one gunshot wound and he was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

North Little Rock police treated the killing as the city’s first homicide of 2022, processed the scene for evidence and interviewed witnesses. On March 11, 2022, detectives arrested 45-year-old Charley Griffin of North Little Rock and charged him with capital murder, aggravated robbery and felon in possession of a firearm; he was held without bond at the Pulaski County Detention Center.

Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.