Bald Knob locals react after Labor Day homicide

It came as a shock to many, especially for those who work near the scene where it happened, like Shelly Leonard, who owns Fast Eddies.

“Well, my husband was here, and he witnessed the whole thing,” Leonard said. 

Leonard says it all happened in her store’s parking lot, her husband watched it all unfold, and she describes the scene as bloody and brutal.

“The guys were outside fighting, and he went over there to see what was going on and seen the guy stabbing him and the one that was being stabbed turned around and asked for help,” Leonard said.

Bald Knob police are near Leonard’s business. They arrived by 9:20 p.m. and took the victim to a nearby hospital and arrested the suspect.

“I mean, they always talked to us and had a smile on their face, you know happy,” Leonard said.

She said the suspect and the victim worked inside of a food truck on the side of their building called Moshi Moshi Bald Knob, a place where many in the town loved eating, like Dawn Steele. 

“My oldest son went and got food over there a couple of weeks ago,” Steele said.

She says she was also familiar with people who worked on the food truck. She says a homicide was the last thing she wanted to hear about.

“If something happens, people can be gone in no time, and I’m like, ‘Nah, ain’t nothing going to happen.’ I guess things do happen,” Steele said. 

Bald Knob police say the homicide is still under investigation.