Police arrest man in northwest Arkansas concert shooting

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas police have arrested a person on an tried capital homicide cost in a taking pictures that triggered mass flight from a live performance within the state’s northwest.

Officers arrived at Parsons Stadium in Springdale quickly earlier than 11 p.m. Saturday to discover a crowd fleeing and a person in his twenties with a gunshot wound within the “higher torso,” metropolis police mentioned in a press release. Capt. Jeff Taylor informed The Related Press he didn’t know who was performing or whether or not anybody else was injured within the evacuation.

Paramedics took the wounded man to an area hospital the place witnesses informed investigators that the suspected gunman was Erik Navareyes, in accordance with the assertion.

Round 1 a.m. Sunday, officers discovered Navareyes at a hospital within the neighboring group of Rogers. Police mentioned hospital workers informed them the 21-year-old had sough remedy there, saying he was in a battle and shot somebody.

Police arrested Navareyes and took him to the Washington County jail. He was not listed in jail data Sunday afternoon and Taylor informed The Related Press he didn’t know whether or not the person has a lawyer.

Taylor mentioned the gunshot sufferer survived however that he couldn’t present further data on his well being.