Brian Allen Smith was 27 when he died in El Dorado, Arkansas, on February 17, 2017. He was remembered by family as a Crossett native who had completed welding and pipe-fitting studies at SouthArk, enjoyed fishing and hunting, and played guitar and keyboard. His obituary describes him as generous and quick to smile.

Public memorial records list him among those lost to gun violence in El Dorado on that Friday and link to local reporting that an El Dorado man was charged in connection with Brian’s death within days.

Did anyone who knew Brian or was in El Dorado in February 2017 see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened?