Thomas “Tommy” Browning, a 50-year-old White male from El Dorado, Arkansas, died on February 25, 2018, during a hog-hunting outing in a wooded area near Forest Lane and Mount Holly Road. Responding officers were led down a trail where they found Browning on the ground, and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Reports at the time described the shooting as accidental and noted that he had been hunting with two others, including his son.
Browning had roots in Benton, Arkansas, and had lived in El Dorado for roughly two years after many years in Hamburg. Public memorial notices record his date of birth as November 19, 1967, and confirm his death on February 25, 2018.
Authorities publicly indicated that evidence pointed to an accident, and contemporaneous coverage did not name or describe any suspects. No arrests were announced in connection with Browning’s death, and the event was memorialized among gun fatalities rather than pursued as a homicide.
