Monte Gilbert, a resident of North Little Rock, Arkansas, was shot dead during a double shooting on the night of Friday, January 20, 2017. Police found Gilbert and another man, Glenn Jennings, in a bedroom at a Division Street residence; both had sustained gunshot wounds and Gilbert was pronounced dead at the scene. The city counted Gilbert’s killing as one of its first homicides of 2017.

Investigators developed a suspect after a witness identified Emanuel Traylor as the person who shot both Gilbert and Jennings. Authorities say the shooting grew out of a drug deal that turned violent. A white Mercury Mountaineer was found a block away on Frank Street with the keys in the ignition and doors unlocked; Traylor and two others initially reported the vehicle stolen, but one witness later recanted that claim and implicated Traylor.

Anyone with information about Monte Gilbert, the events on Division Street that night, or the white Mercury Mountaineer is asked to come forward.