On the evening of Sunday, February 28, 2021, 23-year-old Xavier Crosby was shot and later died at a Little Rock hospital after being found in the parking lot of the Kroger on West Markham Street. Crosby, a Black man from nearby Conway, told officers he had arranged to meet someone there to sell marijuana before he was taken to the hospital. His body was taken to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for autopsy.

Investigators identified two suspects. Twenty-four-year-old Jeremy Rashaud Jefferson was arrested in March 2021 and charged with capital murder; he pleaded not guilty. A second person, 21-year-old Matya Sisa, was later charged with capital murder and, after being sought by law enforcement, turned himself in on May 20, 2021. Both were held in the Pulaski County jail in connection with Crosby’s death.

Xavier Crosby was a North Little Rock High School graduate and was remembered as a father, son, and fiancé with interests in photography, fashion design, and cooking; he had started a food business and left behind his fiancée and two children. Does anyone who knew Xavier or who was in the Kroger parking lot that night have information to share?