Tony Anthony Cole II, 29, was fatally shot on January 30, 2021, around 9 p.m. at a pool house off U.S. Highway 82 in Strong, Arkansas. He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado, where he was pronounced dead before an attempted air transfer.

The Union County Sheriff’s Department identified 31-year-old Markeith Mitchell as the suspect. Mitchell turned himself in and was charged with first-degree murder. Sheriff Ricky Roberts said Mitchell and Cole were friends; the motive was not immediately clear.

Tony Cole II was born May 4, 1991, in Little Rock and later lived in El Dorado. He married Sharmane Walker Cole and was father to four children. A leader of his church choir, he also worked in welding, carpentry, tattooing, songwriting, barbering, and singing. The family’s obituary describes him as a devoted father whose death deeply affected his community.

If anyone knew Tony, witnessed the shooting, or has information about the events that evening, please share what is known.