A man wanted for more than a year in connection with a fatal 2024 Little Rock shooting has been captured in Georgia and brought back to Arkansas to face a capital murder charge. Joshua Jordan, who is from Little Rock, was arrested in Georgia on Friday and has since pleaded not guilty in the killing of Trayvone Owens, who was 27 years old at the time of his death.
According to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, police reported that Jordan was arrested in Baldwin County, Georgia, and was later extradited to Little Rock, according to a police social media post cited in the report. Jordan appeared in Little Rock District Court, where he pleaded not guilty, and he was being held in the Pulaski County Jail as of Saturday night with no bail set, the paper reported.
How the Case Against Jordan Developed
Police first announced that Jordan was wanted on a capital murder charge in August 2025, more than a year after Owens was killed, the Democrat-Gazette reported. The newspaper's account lists Jordan's age as 27, though KATV had previously reported him as 25 when it first identified him as a suspect wanted for Owens' murder. The station's earlier report also stated that Owens was 27 at the time of the shooting.
Police found Owens receiving treatment for gunshot wounds at UAMS Medical Center, per the Democrat-Gazette's reporting, with the shooting itself occurring near 1900 West 19th Street. The station's report similarly placed the homicide investigation at or near the intersection of 19th and Battery, noting that the victim was transported to a local hospital after the shooting.
A Timeline Clouded by Conflicting Dates
The supplied news reports give May 28, 2024, for Trayvone Owens’s killing, while the City of Little Rock’s official release gives May 29, 2024. A City of Little Rock page, however, states that patrol officers with the 12th Street Division responded to a shooting call at 1900 West 19th Street on May 29, 2024, differing from the date in the news reports.
The supplied KATV report about Jordan and Owens’ killing is dated August 6, 2025, more than a year after the May 2024 shooting. It described a late-night shooting that left one man dead and included an appeal from Little Rock police seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect and tracking down his whereabouts. Jordan was later named as wanted and arrested in Georgia.
Jordan’s Case Status
Jordan was being held in the Pulaski County Jail on the capital murder charge tied to Owens’ death.
