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Roy Dell Smith

Case from Hot Springs, AR dated Sep 24, 2015

Victim Details

Roy Dell Smith

Male

White / Caucasian

Hot Springs

AR

2015-09-24

31

Roy

Dell Smith

07/23/2026

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On a September afternoon in 2015, the life of 31-year-old Roy Dell Smith, a male United States Army veteran, was cut short in a burst of gunfire. The shooting unfolded around 1:30 p.m. on September 24th in the 100 block of Kenwood Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. When the violence ceased, Smith was gravely wounded and another man, Terry Elijah Crump, was injured. Emergency services rushed Smith to St. Vincent's Emergency Room, but he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Crump was treated for his in ...
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