A fatal shooting in Pine Bluff, Arkansas took the life of 14-year-old Janija McGown on the evening of June 7, 2021. Officers responding to a 9:43 p.m. call found the teenager near West 23rd Avenue and South Maple Street with gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene. The city recorded this as its ninth homicide of the year.

Pine Bluff police opened a homicide investigation. On June 21, 2021 authorities announced an arrest: 19-year-old Vernon McCraney was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a charge of capital murder. Police also identified 16-year-old Keundre Parker as a suspect and listed him as wanted.

Does anyone who lived in that neighborhood or was in the area on June 7 have information that could help clarify what happened?