On the evening of April 26, 2021, a burst of gunfire at The Greens at the Rock Apartments in North Little Rock ended the lives of 20-year-old Roderick O’Brian Shelby II and 23-year-old Andrea Verser. The two were ambushed as they were getting out of a vehicle at about 10:30 p.m. and were pronounced dead at the scene.

The North Little Rock Police Department opened a homicide investigation led by Detective Michael Gibbons. Investigators pursued leads and interviewed witnesses in the weeks after the killings. On May 25, 2021, police arrested 19-year-old Joecortland Roberson and charged him with two counts of capital murder in connection with the deaths. Authorities later charged a second suspect, 21-year-old Kevon Turner of North Little Rock, with two counts of capital murder on July 19, 2021.

The arrests were described as part of an ongoing investigation that authorities said involved other participants. If anyone knew Roderick Shelby, Andrea Verser, their movements that night, or has information about who was involved, please come forward.