A Sunday afternoon shooting in Corning, Arkansas, ended the life of James Edward Prater III on June 12, 2016. Prater, 55, was shot and killed around 3:30 p.m. in the 800 block of 6th Street. The Corning Police Department, the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, and the Arkansas State Police responded and investigated the scene.

Authorities identified a suspect, Bryan Curtis, who was taken into custody and held at the Clay County Detention Center. The Second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney announced charges of first-degree murder in connection with Prater’s death, and a Clay County jury later found Curtis, then 46, guilty of first-degree murder. Motive was reported as unclear, and the two men were thought to have barely known each other.

Did anyone in Corning know either man or see activity on 6th Street that afternoon?