On the evening of Memorial Day, May 29, 2017, 28-year-old Richard Wilkins Jr. was fatally shot at Williams Park in Blytheville, Arkansas around 8:30 p.m. The shooting grew out of an ongoing dispute that targeted Wilkins’ brother; that dispute had been active for about a month and involved three Blytheville residents named in reports as Cameron Wells, Quadrell Dequan Bledsoe, and Gerome Spiller.

According to authorities, the three men arrived at the park in a black car and confronted Wilkins’ brother. Spiller allegedly produced a handgun but dropped it to engage in a physical fight. As the brother was being overpowered on the ground, Wells reportedly picked up the discarded handgun and aimed it at him. Richard Wilkins Jr. jumped over his brother to shield him and was struck by the gunfire. His brother took him to Great River Medical Center, where Wilkins later died.

In the days after the shooting, Bledsoe and Spiller surrendered to police on a Tuesday and Wells surrendered on the following Wednesday. All three were charged with first-degree murder; Wells was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. Does anyone have information about the confrontation at Williams Park or knew Richard and his brother?