Tyrone Barnett was 19 when he was fatally shot on December 22, 2016, in front of an apartment building at the Eastgate Terrace Apartment complex in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Officers found Barnett unresponsive and bleeding; he was taken to Arkansas Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead there.

A 17-year-old suspect, identified as Anthony Fredrick ’Lil June’ Williams of Little Rock, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Williams was taken into custody on January 5, 2017, and transported to the Pulaski County Regional Intake Facility with no bond. Barnett’s family publicly expressed forgiveness toward the person responsible, noting the deep toll the violence had on their community. This was North Little Rock’s 12th homicide of 2016.

If anyone has information about what happened that night at Eastgate Terrace, please come forward to assist the investigation.