DeMarcus Robinson, a 19-year-old male, was shot just after midnight on October 9, 2021, in the 200 block of Lakewood Street in Blytheville, Arkansas. Officers responding around 12:45 a.m. found him wounded; he was taken to a local hospital where he died. The shooting followed reports of gunfire in the neighborhood and a dispute that had flared in the days leading up to the attack.
Investigators identified 18-year-old Lefaye King Jr., of the Blytheville/Osceola area, as a suspect in Robinson’s killing. According to police and court filings reported by local media, a judge issued an arrest warrant on October 11, and King turned himself in that same day. He was booked on a first-degree murder charge and later held on a $200,000 cash-only bond. An incident report summarized by police stated that a witness heard shots, described an earlier dispute involving Robinson and an associate of King, and said Robinson had fired during the confrontation before being led away, after which the parties separated. King was subsequently picked from a six-person photo lineup as the suspected shooter.
Public memorial listings and regional gun-violence databases note Robinson’s death on October 9, 2021, in Blytheville and have linked the case to these local reports. No additional suspects beyond King were publicly named at the time, and subsequent updates centered on his arrest and bond proceedings.
