Nathan Rainey Jr., 29, was found dead in his apartment at Hillsboro Townhouse Apartments in El Dorado, Arkansas, on the evening of August 6, 2022. Police discovered Rainey with a fatal gunshot wound to his stomach and he was pronounced dead at the scene. He was remembered by those who knew him for his love of music.

Later that same day a 24-year-old man, Jarday Quas Keese, turned himself in and confessed to the shooting, saying an argument had started while a group was drinking near Rainey’s apartment and that Keese shot after Rainey allegedly pointed a gun at him. Keese was arrested and booked into the Union County jail with bond set at $350,000. In February 2024 Keese pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 30 years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Rainey is survived by his young son, Kingston Amari Rainey, his parents, and siblings; the family had previously lost another son, Deddrick Williams, to gun violence in 2013. Does anyone have information about Nathan’s life in El Dorado or the events that led up to that night?