A fifty-year-old man, Marcus Cole, lost his life in a shooting that occurred late on the night of June 21, 2021, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The evening turned tragic when North Little Rock Police Officers were dispatched to the vicinity of 16th and North Poplar Street around 11:44 p.m. following reports of a car accident. Upon their arrival, they discovered Mr. Cole inside a wrecked vehicle, suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
During the initial investigation at the scene, a second individual was located nearby at 18th and North Poplar. This person had also sustained a gunshot wound, though it was described as not being life-threatening. The injured individual was transported to a local hospital for medical attention. The North Little Rock Police Department's Investigations Unit began processing the scene and interviewing potential witnesses to piece together the events that led to the fatal shooting.
In a press release issued the following day, on June 22, 2021, the North Little Rock Police Department publicly identified Marcus Cole as the victim of the homicide. At that time, authorities announced that the investigation was active and ongoing, with detectives conducting interviews. No information about a possible suspect was released to the public. Law enforcement encouraged anyone with information regarding the incident to come forward and contact the department's detectives or utilize their anonymous tip line. Publicly available information has not indicated that an arrest has been made in connection with the death of Marcus Cole.
