Man gunned down in parking lot, ASP investigating ASP investigate fatal shooting in Brinkley By Region 8 Newsdesk | May 7, 2021 at 12:05 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 6:31 PM BRINKLEY, Ark. (KAIT) - A man is in police custody, suspected in a parking lot shooting that left another man dead. Arkansas State Police say Bernard Pearson, 33, of Brinkley was shot shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Brinkley Housing Authority Office, 418 Chicago St. Pearson was still alive when police arrived but died later at a Forrest City hospital. His body has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for autopsy.