DeValls Bluff community members shaken after deadly police standoff
DEVALLS BLUFF, Ark. – Many in the community of DeValls Bluff say they can’t believe a standoff with heavy gunfire took place in their small town.
According to an ASP spokesperson, officers were attempting to serve a warrant when the 32-year-old suspect began firing a gun at them Thursday morning and around 9:30 a.m. the man shot at police and then barricaded himself inside his home along East Walnut Street.
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Authorities say throughout the 4-hour standoff the man shot hundreds of times from a fully automatic weapon and when they later had an exchange of fire the man was shot and killed.
“We tried to get him to surrender and unfortunately he did not, and he engaged members of our SWAT team,” ASP Col. Mike Hagar said.
Officials say the man was a fugitive and wanted for multiple felony warrants in different counties from around the state.
Hagar said that it has been a lengthy investigation and they were not aware of his location until Wednesday night.
Special agents said the suspect was wanted on multiple felony warrants out of Little Rock, Sherwood and Pulaski County.
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Travis Harrison who is a community member says he couldn’t believe the standoff was happening.
“It’s just a small town, small community and wild things like this don’t happen around here,” said Harrison.
Carolyn Little said she can’t help but think of the suspect’s parents.
“It’s no happy ending either way because everyone loses in this situation.” Little said. “Some mother then lost her child and I know with everything going on every mother loves her baby and no mother wants to see their baby dead.”
Some members of the community said they were “praying” while others said they were “shaking and trembling during the standoff.
Many in the small town say they hope a sense of peace returns.
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ASP officials said that no troopers were injured in the standoff
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