In the early morning hours of December 4, 2022, a gathering in the parking lot of a convenience store on Stateline Avenue in Texarkana, Arkansas, turned deadly. Joseph Ross, a 26-year-old male, was in the parking lot of the EZ Mart when an altercation broke out and gunshots were fired. Ross was struck by the gunfire and was privately transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
His body was later sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department quickly launched a homicide investigation into Ross's death. Their investigation led them to identify a suspect in the fatal shooting. The day after the incident, police announced they were searching for 22-year-old Daevion Marquez Williams. A warrant for first-degree murder was issued for his arrest. Authorities released a description of Williams, noting he was 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighed approximately 240 pounds, and cautioned that he should be considered armed and dangerous.
Following a manhunt, Daevion Marquez Williams was located and apprehended in Dallas, Texas. He was taken into custody without incident and awaited extradition back to Texarkana, Arkansas, to face the first-degree murder charge in connection with the shooting death of Joseph Ross. The arrest brought a sense of progress in the case for the grieving family and community, as the man believed to be responsible for the young man's death was now in custody and would face the judicial process.
