On the evening of June 12, 2017, Newport, Arkansas police lieutenant Patrick Neal Weatherford, 41, was shot and killed while investigating a reported vehicle break-in. Weatherford, a 15-year veteran of the Newport Police Department and a graduate of the FBI National Academy who had been named Jackson County Law Enforcement Officer of the Year in 2016, and other officers pursued a suspect who fled on foot. The chase ended when the suspect turned and opened fire; Weatherford was taken to a local hospital and died of his wounds.

The suspect, a 16-year-old who has been identified in reports as Tyler Calamese and as Derrick Heard, turned himself in about 90 minutes later and was charged with capital murder and to be tried as an adult. Patrick Weatherford was a husband and father; the community mourned his loss.

Does anyone have memories of Lieutenant Weatherford or information about that night that could help the record?