Earnest Ford Jr., 30, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a yard on the 1100 block of East 24th Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, after an anonymous caller reported the scene on Saturday, June 25, 2016. Emergency medical services placed him in an ambulance, but he died en route to the hospital. His death was recorded as the city’s sixth homicide that year.

The Pine Bluff Police Department Detective Division opened an investigation, canvassing the area and seeking witnesses as detectives worked to establish a motive and identify any person or persons responsible. In initial reports no suspects had been named and no arrests were announced. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the detective division or the dispatch center.

If anyone saw activity in the area of East 24th Street on June 25, 2016, or has information that could help this investigation, please get in touch with the police.