On the night of April 17, 2019, a dispute in a Texarkana, Arkansas apartment complex parking lot left 18-year-old Jaqualyn Paxton dead. Paxton, a recent Arkansas High School graduate who worked as a crew member at McDonald’s, was helping friends move into the Village Park South Apartments on East Street when an argument escalated into violence.

According to accounts, Markelle Demetrice Davis, then 19, became angry after a female friend teased him and struck his car with a phone charger; he pistol-whipped that woman. Jaqualyn, standing behind Davis, pulled his long hair. Davis then threatened to shoot both women and fired, striking Jaqualyn in the left cheek. Friends rushed her to a local hospital, where she later died.

Miller County deputies and other law enforcement officers located and arrested Davis after he fled the scene. He was charged with first-degree murder and later convicted by a jury. Does anyone have information about Jaqualyn’s life or were present that night and can add details about what happened?