In the early hours of March 21, 2024, 43-year-old Willie Purifoy was found inside a residence at 2702 South Ash Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with gunshot wounds. Police arrived about 1 a.m., and the Jefferson County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators identified a suspect, and on May 15, 2024, 41-year-old Stephen Peterson was charged with capital murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm in connection with Purifoy’s death. A probable cause affidavit says a witness told police Purifoy and Peterson argued earlier that day over a woman at a local Rally’s restaurant, later went to the Ash Street residence, used drugs together, and that the witness stepped outside, heard a gunshot, then saw Peterson exit and say he had shot Purifoy; the witness also reported seeing Peterson with a firearm but could not identify the type.

Peterson pleaded not guilty to the charges. Are there witnesses who were at the Ash Street residence that night or anyone with information about the argument earlier that day?