On April 3, 2020, Little Rock officers responded at 9:56 p.m. to Woodford Drive after a resident reported a white vehicle parked oddly in a driveway with its door open and headlights on. The caller later reported a man lying on the ground near the vehicle. Officers found 36-year-old Howard Tate, a Black/African American man, with apparent gunshot wounds; medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.

Homicide Detectives and the Crime Scene Search Unit opened an investigation. Tate’s body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for autopsy and the vehicle was towed for examination. Police had received other reports of gunshots in nearby areas before Tate was discovered, but it is unclear whether those calls are linked to his death. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to contact the Little Rock Police Department.