On the afternoon of February 23, 2020, North Little Rock police responded to a shooting in the 1800 block of Ben Street and found two adult Black men shot to death. One victim was inside a residence at 1807 Ben Street and the other was on the ground outside. The victims were identified as 44-year-old Avery Cooksey and 39-year-old Fred Wesson, both of North Little Rock.

Cooksey was born March 5, 1975, and is survived by his daughter, mother, and sister. Detectives opened a homicide investigation that remains ongoing. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information about what happened on Ben Street that afternoon, please come forward.