Cedric Dewayne Sloan, 39, was shot and killed in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on the afternoon of July 6, 2020. Police responded to an armed disturbance call on Union Avenue and later located Sloan with a gunshot wound at a residence in the 7300 block of Rosswood Colony. He was taken to a nearby hospital but died from his injuries; his death was recorded as Pine Bluff’s 14th homicide of 2020.

Sloan was remembered by family and friends as active in his church choir, passionate about providing healthy meals to locals, and a devoted father of three. The Pine Bluff Police Department identified 41-year-old Kevin Kimble as a person of interest; Kimble was located, taken into custody and booked into the Jefferson County Jail, then formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with Sloan’s death. A funeral was held for Sloan on July 18, 2020, at Highland Missionary Baptist Church in Pine Bluff.

If anyone knew Cedric Sloan or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you know.