On January 25, 2020, at about 1:30 a.m., an unidentified man entered a home on South Ringo Street in Little Rock and opened fire. Twenty-one-year-old I’Quira Tate and her 24-year-old cousin Brittany Tate were both shot and pronounced dead at the scene. A two-year-old child who was in the home sustained a gunshot wound to the upper body, was taken to a nearby hospital in serious condition, and was later released. A teenager who was present witnessed the attack but was not physically injured.

The Little Rock Police Department described the killings as an isolated domestic incident and offered a reward of $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Community groups joined in supporting the grieving families. After a lengthy investigation, Clifton D. Laster was arrested and charged with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of I’Quira and Brittany Tate and with first-degree battery for the child’s injuries.