Shortly before 3:30 a.m. on March 19, 2017, multiple gunshots were reported near the intersection of West Waterman and West Choctaw streets in Dumas, Arkansas. Officers found 25-year-old Blake White of McGehee lying on the side of the road about a block and a half from a local club with several handgun wounds. He was taken to Delta Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead; his body was sent to the state crime lab as a homicide investigation began.

Initially there were no suspects and police asked the public for help. Within a couple of days an arrest warrant was issued for 26-year-old Kelly Coleman of Monticello; Coleman was arrested on March 21, 2017, by the Monticello Police Department and charged with capital murder and aggravated assault. Coleman was held without bond in the Dumas City Jail.

If anyone witnessed activity near West Waterman and West Choctaw around that time or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.