Rodney Scaife, a 34-year-old Black man, was shot and killed while seated in his vehicle on Highway 15 North in Tucker, Arkansas, on the evening of June 22, 2018. Deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office found Scaife unresponsive in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The same shooting also wounded 34-year-old Trevarland Smith, who was transported to a hospital but died en route. Witnesses at the scene identified 27-year-old Joshua Lasley as the alleged shooter, and a multi-agency Fugitive Task Force located and arrested Lasley at a Pine Bluff residence on June 27, 2018. Lasley was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and held without bond.

The double homicide devastated the local community and prompted an intensive investigation. If anyone has information about Rodney Scaife, Trevarland Smith, or the events on June 22, 2018, please come forward.