On November 26, 2021, officers answered a call at 1113 US Hwy 49 West in West Helena and found a 2017 Chevrolet Malibu with two young men inside who had been shot. Twenty-one-year-old Eddie Trancy and eighteen-year-old Avin Redmon sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene at 1:20 a.m.

The Helena-West Helena Police Department investigated the double homicide and identified 31-year-old Michael Rogers as a person of interest. On December 4 authorities arrested Rogers and charged him with two counts of capital murder and one count of a terroristic act; he was held on $750,000 bond.

What did Eddie and Avin mean to this community, and does anyone have information about the events that led to that early morning shooting?