Arkansas State Police make arrest in car show shooting that left one person dead, 26 others wounded

The Arkansas State Police made the primary arrest on Wednesday in reference to a taking pictures at a automobile present Saturday evening that left one particular person useless and 26 others injured. 

Brandon Deandra Knight, 22, was taken into custody after being launched from the hospital Wednesday morning and charged with first-degree battery and aggravated assault. 

The taking pictures broke out between two folks shortly after 7:00 p.m. on Saturday evening on the annual “Hood-Nic” occasion in Dumas, which is about 90 miles southeast of Little Rock. 

Cameron Shaffer, a 23-year-old from Jacksonville, was shot and later pronounced deceased on the Dumas hospital. There was no indication that Shaffer was concerned within the taking pictures, authorities mentioned Sunday. 

5 youngsters youthful than 11 have been wounded, together with one toddler who was simply 19-months-old. 

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Brittany Allen, a sufferer who suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, advised KARK {that a} struggle broke out shortly earlier than the taking pictures. 

“Then I simply began to listen to actually faint gunshots,” Allen advised the native information outlet. “They actually sound identical to firecrackers, nearly.”

One particular person was killed and 26 others have been wounded within the taking pictures throughout a neighborhood occasion on Saturday night in Dumas, Arkansas. 
(FOX 16 of Little Rock)

The Hood-Nic occasion, which is brief for neighborhood picnic, is an annual neighborhood occasion that additionally includes a parade, bonfire, and musical performances and is supposed to “rebuild, reunite, and reply to the wants of the youth in our communities.”

“The aim of Hood-Nic has all the time been to carry the neighborhood collectively,” the group mentioned in an announcement. “This mindless violence wants to finish.”

Knight is being held on the Dumas metropolis jail forward of a court docket look on Thursday. 

One particular person was arrested after the taking pictures on “unrelated” fees, authorities mentioned Sunday.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson known as the incident “a complete disregard of the worth of life.”

“Because the investigation continues, I’ll study particulars to see if there are any steps that would have been taken to forestall the sort of tragedy,” he mentioned in an announcement on Sunday. 

The Related Press contributed to this report.