JACKSONVILLE, Ark. (KATV) \u2014 The Jacksonville Police Department has identified the suspect in Sunday night’s deadly shooting of a 6-year-old boy. <\/p>\n
Jacksonville Police investigating fatal shooting of 6-year-old boy<\/a><\/p>\n 21-year-old Artavius Dontal Johnson of Little Rock was identified as a suspect in Sunday evening’s shooting that has shocked the Jacksonville community.<\/p>\n Reverend Benny Johnson of Arkansas Stop the Violence told Channel 7 News for “whoever did this, turn yourself in, because you’re a monster and you’re going and killing innocent babies.”<\/p>\n Around 7:30 Sunday evening, Jacksonville Police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of South Highway 161. <\/p>\n According to Captain Ryan Wright with Jacksonville PD, the shooting occurred in the 2000 block of Cloverdale Road. By the time officers arrived on scene, they found a 6-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n The boy would later die at an area hospital.<\/p>\n Now, police are looking for Artavius Johnson, who was last seen in a 2012 Hyundai Elantra, which was first spotted on a security camera of a pavilion located in The Meadows neighborhood, just a few hundred yards away from where the shooting took place. <\/p>\n 911 dispatch audio from the night of the shooting shed more light on the description of the vehicle, and potential suspects.<\/p>\n “BOLO for a white passenger car with paint peeling on the rear end, possibly a Honda Civic or a Hyundai Elantra. Occupied by three black males, one subject wearing green pants was involved in a shooting in the area of Highway 161 and Cloverdale,” said the dispatcher.<\/p>\n Now, the community is calling for those responsible to step forward, including Pastor Walter Crockran, who is the director of Arkansas Stop the Violence.<\/p>\n “How can you live with yourself, knowing that you shot an innocent child? A baby, who hasn’t even lived life.”<\/p>\n “If anyone knows anything about this, you’re just as guilty as the person who pulled the trigger,” Crockran adds. <\/p>\n Both Reverend Johnson and Pastor Crockran say they are tired of seeing families who have been torn apart due to gun violence. <\/p>\n “I have buried many homicide victims, it just hurts my heart to see the parents broken…they don’t know what they’re doing, they’re devastating families,” says Johnson.<\/p>\n “The only thing they can do is really try to hold on to memories of their baby because like I said, it’s really hard. And really look to God for strength,” states Crockran. <\/p>\n