Eric Cherry, a Pine Bluff resident, was killed on January 2, 2017 after a verbal altercation in the 3100 block of Almetta Street turned deadly. Police responded to reports of a man yelling for help around 2:45 p.m. and found Cherry on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Witnesses identified the shooter as a woman named Melissa who fled, possibly in a small red SUV. That same day Mary Melissa Blair, 36, was arrested, booked into Jefferson County Jail and charged with first-degree murder; the immediate motive for the dispute was not released.

If anyone in Pine Bluff recalls the incident, saw a small red SUV in the area that afternoon, or has other information, please share what you know with the discussion.