Kavon Mitchell, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed outside a residence at 25 Needles Drive in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, on the early evening of September 3, 2020. Police arrived at about 5 p.m. and found Mitchell in front of the home with gunshot wounds; he was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center and later died. His death was the city’s 21st homicide that year and one of three homicides that occurred that day.

Investigators linked Mitchell’s killing to another shooting less than 30 minutes earlier on South Elm Street that left 17-year-old Emonya Moten dead and another man wounded. Authorities described the incidents as believed to be gang-related. Security video from a residence on Needles Drive reportedly showed a Chevrolet Malibu followed by a Chevrolet Impala arrive, the Impala ram the Malibu, and occupants of both vehicles begin firing at Mitchell as he sat on his porch; he tried to run but collapsed in the yard while both cars fled.

Police arrested two suspects in the days after the shootings. On September 6, 2020, 23-year-old Hekeryin Cain was taken into custody and charged with capital murder in connection with Mitchell’s death. A second suspect, 33-year-old Bryant L. Smith, was located and apprehended on September 26, 2020, in Parsons, Kansas, then returned to Jefferson County to face charges related to the two shootings. Does anyone have information about Mitchell’s last hours, the vehicles seen on camera, or the people involved?