Travis L. Scales, 32, was shot and killed at his home in the 5100 block of West 6th Avenue in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, during the early morning of July 30, 2018. At about 12:45 a.m. someone knocked at his door; when Scales answered he was met with gunfire. Responding officers found him inside with what appeared to be gunshot wounds, and emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. In the investigation’s initial stages no suspects had been identified and no motive was known.

A lifelong Pine Bluff resident, Scales graduated from Watson Chapel High School in 2004, became a licensed barber in 2006 and earned a welding certification from Southeast Arkansas College in 2014. He was the father of ten children, four sons and six daughters, and was remembered for his contagious smile and charming sense of humor. If anyone has information about who knocked on his door that night or other details that could help the investigation, please come forward.