In Hot Springs slaying, 3rd suspect found in LR

A third suspect was arrested Wednesday in Little Rock in a double shooting last week in Hot Springs in which one man died.

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Hot Springs police said Kameon Parker, 17, of Little Rock was arrested Wednesday with assistance from Little Rock police and the U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force.

Parker was charged as an adult with capital murder in the Sept. 24 killing and taken to the Garland County jail.

Hot Springs police were called at 1:25 p.m. to 117 Kenwood St., where they found Terry Elijah Crump and Roy Dell Smith with gunshot wounds, according to a Hot Springs police release. Both victims were transported to CHI St. Vincent in Hot Springs.

Smith of Hot Springs was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital with a gunshot wound in his torso, the release said. Crump, also of Hot Springs, was treated for a gunshot in the arm and released from the hospital.

While Hot Springs police were responding to Kenwood Street, the Garland County sheriff's office was called to a convenience store at 4945 E. Grand Ave. on a report of a person with a gunshot wound, according to the release.

Deputies found Ocoriye Deonte Wallace, 20, of Little Rock with a gunshot wound in the shoulder. He was transported to UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock.

Abriauna Simone Bell, 22, of Little Rock was with Wallace at the convenience store and told police she was Wallace's girlfriend, the release said.

Wallace was released from the hospital Friday morning and arrested on a charge of capital murder in the shooting on Kenwood Street, the release said. He was held in the Garland County jail Wednesday evening with no bail set.

Bell was arrested Friday and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution. She was held in the Garland County jail Wednesday evening with bail set at $50,000.

Police said no other arrests in the shooting were anticipated.

State Desk on 10/01/2015

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