In the pre-dawn hours of August 12, 2023, police were called to #3 Richsmith Circle in Little Rock after reports of a shooting. Officers found two young victims; 16-year-old Damarian Williams was struck by gunfire and died at the scene. A second juvenile was shot and taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Homicide detectives canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and surveillance and the Pulaski County Coroner’s Office sent Williams’s body to the State Crime Lab for autopsy after next of kin were notified. Nearly two years later, on June 3, 2025, a 19-year-old named Jacarree Bass of Little Rock was arrested and charged with Capital Murder, First Degree Battery, and a Terroristic Act in connection with the shooting. The investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information about the shooting at Richsmith Circle or about Damarian’s movements that night, please come forward.