Kendrick Antwan Roquemore

Kendrick Antwan Roquemore was a 38-year-old Black man known to friends and family as an amazing, kind, and loving person. Born at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas, he was a father who held a college degree and was remembered as someone who could do anything. He had attended schools in Linden-Kildare and Atlanta, as well as Texarkana College.

On the night of Friday, September 29, 2023, Roquemore was shot in the 1500 block of E 15th Street in Texarkana, Arkansas. He died from his injuries, and the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department launched a homicide investigation into what they believed was a domestic-related incident.

Authorities soon took a 17-year-old into custody in connection with the fatal shooting. The teenager was the son of Roquemore's girlfriend. He was charged with first-degree murder and was initially released after posting a $250,000 bond.

Nearly a year later, on October 2, 2024, the teenager was arrested again by the Arkansas State Police following a high-speed chase that began near Garland and Jefferson Avenues. The pursuit continued onto Interstate 30, where he reached speeds of around 95 miles per hour before losing control of his vehicle and flipping it in the median while attempting to pass another car. After being treated and released from a local hospital, he was transported to a juvenile detention facility.

The following day, Miller County Circuit Judge Carlton Jones revoked the teenager’s original bond for the murder charge. A new bond of $250,000 was set for additional charges of theft and fleeing. The suspect, identified as Micah Holmes, was tried as an adult for the murder of Kendrick Roquemore. On April 22, 2025, Holmes appeared before Judge Jones and pleaded guilty to murder. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, bringing the case to a close as of April 2025.