JUNE 2, 2021
A suspect who had fled on foot from an Arkansas State Trooper was shot and died at the scene west of Hot Springs this afternoon. The shooting occurred after the suspect grabbed the trooper’s gun during a struggle in an attempt to overpower the trooper.
At 12:34 PM a trooper reported he was attempting to stop a motorcycle driver who was not complying with the trooper’s emergency lights and siren to signal a traffic stop. A short pursuit proceeded west along U.S. Highway 70 toward Lake Hamilton Schools where the motorcyclist turned-off the highway onto Sunshine Road still trying to evade the trooper. As the driver of the motorcycle reached the dead end of Woodview Lane, he abandoned the bike and fled on foot in a northeasterly direction through a wooded area with the trooper following.