Incident

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8-11-2023 Arkansas Pine Bluff 4-1

Location

August 11, 2023

Church's Texas Chicken
1601 S Cherry St
Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Participants

Type: Victim
Age: 16
Age Group: Teen 12-17
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age: 18
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age: 77
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Joseph Westmoreland
Age: 19
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

Stem from altercation at Tru Image Barbershop, 1108 W 16th Ave; 15yo suspect detained and charged with possession of firearm, shooter Westmoreland arrested and charged, was out on bond for a May 7th incident. Victims shot and injured in cars at Church's Chicken parking lot next door

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.fox16.com/crime/four-people-shot-outside-pine-bluff-barber-shop-friday-night/

URL: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/aug/11/shots-fired-toward-pine-bluff-convenience-store-4-people-wounded/?crime

URL: https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/4-injured-after-shooting-in-pine-bluff/91-01112821-4def-40ad-9275-eb6d01c1db8b

URL: https://www.deltaplexnews.com/westmoreland-given-a-250k-cash-only-bond-after-allegedly-being-involved-in-the-shooting-four-people/

District

Congressional District: 4
State Senate District: 8
State House District: 64