In the late summer of 2014, Lewis Thompson, a Black/African American man, was shot during a confrontation on a porch in Forrest City, Arkansas. Police responded to reports of shots fired at 615 North Gorman Street on August 5 and, after not finding a victim at that address, located Thompson incoherent with a severe gunshot wound near a tree at 629 Gorman. He later died of his injuries.

Investigators identified Willie Lee Doby Jr. as the primary suspect, alleging an argument on the front porch escalated and Doby shot Thompson. Doby was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. A jury convicted Doby in 2017 and sentenced him to 30 years, but the Arkansas Court of Appeals ordered a retrial, finding the jury had not been properly instructed on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter.

Does anyone have information about the August 5, 2014 confrontation or the locations on North Gorman Street?