On January 3, 2022, 20-year-old Dmahre Dillard, known to family as Drew or Heavy D, was fatally shot on South Ringo Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dillard was taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds but later died; another person was wounded in the same incident. His death was recorded as the city’s first homicide of the year.

Family members described Dillard as passionate about football, martial arts, and playing drums and saxophone. They say he had gone to speak with a person who had been harassing his nephew and was acting as a peacemaker rather than trying to escalate the situation. The Little Rock Police Department opened a homicide investigation, and no suspects had been publicly identified or taken into custody in the initial reports; the investigation was ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened on South Ringo Street that night or knew Dmahre, please share what you know with investigators.