HUNTSVILLE Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Madison County man accused of shooting his mother, father and uncle, leaving two of them dead.
HUNTSVILLE Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Madison County man accused of shooting his mother, father and uncle, leaving two of them dead.
HUNTSVILLE Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Madison County man accused of shooting his mother, father and uncle, leaving two of them dead.
Samuel Simmons (Photo courtesy of Madison County Sheriff’s Office)
A Madison County man is accused of killing his mother and uncle and shooting his father Saturday morning. Forty-four-year-old Samuel Simmons is in the Madison County Jail at Huntsville and is expected to be formally charged on Monday.
According to the Arkansas State Police, Madison County deputies responded around 5:30 to a residence south of Huntsville off Arkansas Highway 23. When they arrived at the residence on County Road 5675, they located 67-year-old Richard Simmons Jr., who had been shot but was still alive. Richard Simmons’ wife, 65-year-old Mary Marlene Simmons, and brother, 66-year-old Mark Lee Simmons, were both found deceased.