Deondrick Clark, 24, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Christmas Day 2021 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. At about 4:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Ernesto’s Club on South Blake Street, Clark, a Black male, was sitting inside a vehicle when he was struck by gunfire. Police found him with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was recorded as the city’s 29th homicide that year.

The investigation continued for months. On September 8, 2022, 20-year-old Darnell Ford was arrested after a brief foot chase and charged with capital murder, a terroristic act, and carrying a prohibited firearm in connection with Clark’s killing. Three days later, on September 11, a 15-year-old male identified in court records as Demonte Dorn was taken into custody after being seen at a high school football game and charged with capital murder, first-degree battery, and a terroristic act. Both suspects were held at the Jefferson County Jail.

Did anyone in Pine Bluff see activity around Ernesto’s Club that Christmas morning or know anything about these arrests?