In the pre-dawn hours of August 21, 2021, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40 near Maumelle, Arkansas, were the scene of a deadly roadside shooting. Kindylen Roberts, 21, of Marion was a passenger in a vehicle when another car pulled alongside and a passenger in that vehicle opened fire. Roberts was struck, taken to a Little Rock hospital, and died of his injuries. A second occupant of Roberts’s vehicle was wounded but treated at the scene and released.

The Arkansas State Police opened an investigation and arrested a suspect the same day. Charges of capital murder and battery were filed against Justin Cantrell Mays, 24. The stop-and-shoot on a major highway left a family and community searching for answers.

If anyone saw activity on eastbound I-40 near Maumelle in the early hours of August 21, 2021, or has information about the incident, please come forward.