Courtney Craig, a 29-year-old man from Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, was fatally shot on June 2, 2017, after a loaded semi-automatic handgun left outside was found and accidentally discharged by his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son. Craig was struck in the back, taken to a local hospital, and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival; an obituary for Craig gives a date of death as May 26, 2017, while official accounts and news reports place the shooting on June 2, 2017.

In the chaotic aftermath three men, including the child’s uncle, removed the firearm from the scene because they feared the child could be taken from his mother; the weapon was later recovered. Nicholas Harvey, Marvin Speed, and Antwon Speed were arrested and charged with tampering with physical evidence. Harvey also faced a charge of possession of a firearm, and Marvin Speed was charged with both tampering with evidence and possession of firearms. The child’s mother was questioned but not arrested, and the boy was placed with a family member.

Did anyone in the Helena-West Helena area have contact with Courtney Craig or the household around late May and early June 2017 who can shed light on where the gun came from or why it was left outside?