Shortly after 1:47 a.m. on August 25, 2019, police in North Little Rock responded to reports of shots fired near East 16th Street. Officers found two people with gunshot wounds; both were taken to a local hospital. One victim survived with non-life-threatening injuries, while 45-year-old Roderick Wesley died of his wounds and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Wesley’s death was recorded as North Little Rock’s tenth homicide of 2019. The North Little Rock Police Department opened an investigation and set up a 24-hour tip line asking the public for information.

Roderick Wesley is survived by his wife, Arleen Wesley, and children Benjamin and Whitney Johnson. Does anyone have information about that night or about Roderick’s activities in the days leading up to August 25, 2019?