Claude Donell Tatum, 39, was shot inside a residence on South Beech Street in Dumas, Arkansas, in the early morning of November 26, 2021. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found him about 1:15 a.m.; he was taken to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead at 2:26 a.m. The fatal shooting is being investigated as a homicide.

The Dumas Police Department requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division; state special agents processed the scene and joined the ongoing investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. Tatum was born in Dumas, attended Faith Pentecostal Church in Mitchellville, and is survived by his parents and a daughter.

If anyone has information about the shooting or Tatum’s final hours, please share what is known with the authorities handling the case.