Varn Brown Jr., 35, was shot and killed on the night of January 5, 2020, in Little Rock’s Capitol Hill Boulevard area. Multiple callers reported hearing six to ten gunshots around 9:19 p.m., and a friend of Brown’s called dispatch saying his friend had been shot at the Capitol Hill Apartments. Officers found Brown in a lower-level breezeway with gunshot wounds; emergency crews pronounced him dead at the scene.

Homicide detectives processed the apartment complex for hours, spoke with residents and impounded two vehicles from the location for further investigation. The Little Rock Police Department later offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced and the case remains unsolved.

Brown’s longtime friend described him as upbeat, smart and funny. If anyone has information about what happened that night or recognizes details from Capitol Hill Apartments on January 5, please share what you know.