Jaybrianna Turner was a 19-year-old Black woman from North Little Rock, Arkansas, whose life was cut short by gun violence on November 23, 2025. She was remembered by family as a beloved daughter and young mother, leaving behind a child and a grieving extended family who described her loss as a devastating, unimaginable blow.
In the early hours of that Sunday, officers with the North Little Rock Police Department were dispatched to the 1900 block of Parker Street after reports that
someone had been shot. According to police, they arrived around 2:14 a.m. to find Turner suffering from at least one gunshot wound. She was rushed from the scene to a local hospital for emergency treatment, but despite medical efforts she was later pronounced dead. Independent incident logs describing the same address and timeframe note a female victim with multiple gunshot wounds, underscoring the severity of the attack.
Initially, authorities released only limited information, confirming that a female victim had died following a shooting in the 1900 block of Parker Street and asking the public for help. As their investigation progressed that day, detectives processed the scene, collected physical evidence and canvassed the neighborhood for witnesses and surveillance footage that might show what happened in the moments before and after the gunfire. Shortly afterward, the department publicly identified the victim as Jaybrianna Turner of North Little Rock, formally classifying the case as a homicide and emphasizing that the investigation remained active.
Within two days, North Little Rock police announced that they had identified a suspect in Turner’s killing. Detectives said their follow-up work led them to focus on a local man, Damarcus Lewis, who was named in an arrest warrant on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with her death. On November 25, officers located him in the area of MacArthur Drive in North Little Rock and took him into custody without incident. During the arrest, investigators reported finding a firearm that Lewis claimed as his, leading to an additional charge of carrying a weapon. He was booked into the Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility, where officials reported that he was being held without bond while the case proceeds.
Police have stressed that the investigation into the circumstances of the shooting is ongoing, and they have continued to ask anyone with information to contact the department’s tip line or the lead detective, noting that callers can remain anonymous. Community tributes and online memorials have since framed Turner’s death not only as a personal tragedy for her family but also as another painful instance of gun violence claiming a young life in North Little Rock, with friends, relatives and strangers lighting virtual candles and sharing memories in her honor while the criminal case against the accused shooter moves through the courts.
