Steven Ray Carter, a 51-year-old Black/African American man, was found shot to death inside a home on the 4300 block of Burnett Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Police responded to the scene on the late hours of Friday, August 14, 2020, and the Pine Bluff Police Department opened a homicide investigation; his death was recorded as the city’s 18th homicide that year.

Authorities did not release details about suspects, a motive, or the circumstances of the shooting in the initial stages of the inquiry, and no public information about arrests or suspect identities has been provided. The investigation was listed as active while police worked to determine what happened that night.

If anyone knew Steven, was in that neighborhood on August 14, 2020, or has information about the shooting, please come forward to the Pine Bluff Police Department.