In the early morning hours of October 27, 2021, deputies from the White County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call at a home on Usery Road in Kensett, Arkansas. Inside the residence they found 19-year-old Tommie Jacoby Welton with an apparent gunshot wound. Welton was transported by NorthStar EMS to Unity Health Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division secured the home and began a homicide investigation, collecting evidence and taking witness statements. The investigation soon produced arrests: Jonathan Henderson, Quinton Brown, and Ashton Williams were taken into custody and charged with capital murder in connection with Welton’s death. Ashton Williams was also charged with aggravated assault and unlawfully discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

If anyone knew Welton or has information about what happened that night on Usery Road, please share what you know with investigators.