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Eric Cherry

Case from Pine Bluff, AR dated Jan 02, 2017

Victim Details

Eric Cherry

Male

Black / African American

Pine Bluff

AR

2017-01-02

43

Eric

Cherry

07/09/2026

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In the early afternoon of January 2, 2017, the life of Eric Cherry, a male resident of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was tragically cut short in what became the city's first homicide of the year. The fatal encounter unfolded in the 3100 block of Almetta Street, where a heated verbal altercation escalated to deadly violence. Mary Melissa Blair, a 36-year-old woman with light brown hair and multiple tattoos, was identified by witnesses as the person who, after the argument, began shooting at Cherry.
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  • FOX16: Pine Bluff Shooting Leaves 1 Man Dead
  • Murder suspect in court as police investigate 2nd killing
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