Xavier Alexander Malone, 30, was found dead inside his home in the 200 block of Chesnut in Jonesboro, Arkansas, after gunshots were reported about 4:30 a.m. on October 30, 2021. Officers from the Jonesboro Police Department discovered Malone with an apparent gunshot wound; detectives opened a homicide investigation that same morning.

By the evening of October 30, detectives had identified a person of interest and an arrest was made. Robert Clark, 31, of Jonesboro, was taken into custody around 5:40 p.m. and booked into the Craighead County Detention Center on a charge of First Degree Murder. Authorities did not immediately release details about what led to the deadly encounter inside Malone’s home. The case was scheduled to move forward with a probable cause hearing the following Monday.

If anyone has information about Xavier Malone, his activities that night, or the neighborhood on Chesnut, please share what is known.