On the evening of April 7, 2022, at about 6:56 p.m., deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at a residence in the 3100 block of Eva Drive, near the Hardin Community in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Investigators found 33-year-old Anthony Alexander fatally shot; Deputy Coroner Eric Belcher pronounced him dead at the scene and the body was sent for autopsy at the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory.

A person of interest who had been at the scene was detained and later identified as 51-year-old Charlie Andrew Irvin. Irvin was arrested and charged with capital murder and tampering with evidence and was booked into the W.C. Dub Brassell Detention Center. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division continued to seek additional information from the public.

Anthony Alexander, known as AJ to family and friends, was born September 4, 1988. He is survived by his parents, siblings Vanessa Suggs, Shaneika Jackson, Brandon Alexander, and Brianna Wilson, two children D’Anthony Alexander and Tacon Artis, and several nieces and nephews. AJ was remembered for his unconditional love and the realness he brought to those around him.

If anyone has information about what happened on Eva Drive that evening, please share it with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.