Charles Edward Gantt Jr., 40, was killed at a residence on Sibley Hole Road in Little Rock on Sunday afternoon, March 23, 2025. Officers were first dispatched for a disturbance and then received a second call reporting a shooting at the same address. On arrival police found Gantt suffering from an apparent gunshot wound; emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Homicide detectives and the Crime Scene Search Unit were called in, and investigators canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and video surveillance.

The inquiry produced arrests: 21-year-old Tony Smith Jr. of Little Rock was taken into custody and charged with Capital Murder on March 25, 2025. A second arrest followed on April 10, 2025, when 28-year-old Kaylin McElwee, also of Little Rock, was charged with Capital Murder in connection with Gantt’s death. Have any readers in the Sibley Hole Road area seen or recorded anything from March 23 that could help the investigation?