Joshua John Flanagan, 37, was killed in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on Thursday, January 7, 2021, after a confrontation over a cell phone. A self-employed handyman and father of three daughters, Flanagan was confronted at a residence after the phone’s owner, 27-year-old Kelsey Dampier, tracked the device using a location app. Reports say the dispute escalated and Dampier allegedly shot Flanagan; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

The incident followed an earlier family tragedy: Joshua’s cousin, Richard Todd Flanagan, had been killed in a separate confrontation nearly a year earlier.

If anyone in Fort Smith knew Joshua or has information about the confrontation on January 7, please share what you know.