Devonte Wesson, 18, a Black male from Jonesboro, Arkansas, was shot on the afternoon of November 22, 2021, near Countryview Circle and South Caraway Road on the city’s south side. Officers responded to reports of gunfire about 3:30 p.m., and Wesson arrived at a local hospital with critical injuries. He died on November 26, 2021, and investigators then treated the case as a homicide.

Police announced an arrest on December 1, 2021: Deangelo Yandell Lewis of Jonesboro was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center in connection with the shooting. Reporting tied the gunfire to an encounter near the Southside Softball Complex; accounts indicated Wesson had been sitting in a vehicle with Lewis and another individual when he was shot in the head. Early charges included first-degree murder, later reduced to second-degree murder.

Does anyone who knew Devonte or was near the Southside Softball Complex that afternoon have information to share?