SPRINGDALE -- Police have arrested two Springdale men in connection with homicide Friday afternoon.
Police knocked on doors at the Springdale Estates apartment complex Friday morning, investigating a possible homicide.
Police found Xavier Williams, 24, dead in his apartment at the complex when they arrived about 5:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a news release from Springdale's Police Department.
Detectives interviewed and later arrested Anferney Amram, 18, and Albert Davis, 19, on Friday. Amram was arrested in connection with capital murder, tampering with evidence, residential burglary, discharging a firearm in city limits and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Davis was arrested in connection with residential burglary, tampering with evidence and hindering apprehension.
Williams was the only person in 276 Strawberry Meadows Place No. 209 when officers arrived. He had gunshot wounds.
During an interview with police, Amram admitted shooting Williams several times with a 9mm handgun, according to the release.
He told police he shot Williams because he threatened his family, according to the release. Amram said he took the gun apart and threw the pieces out of a moving vehicle somewhere in Bentonville. Amram told police there was a juvenile present during the incident. Police didn't identify the juvenile in the preliminary report.
Davis told police he and another friend went and collected shell casings and took Williams' cellphone out of the apartment and threw them away to protect Amram, according to the release.
Williams' body was sent to the Arkansas Crime Lab for an autopsy.
The investigation is ongoing and other arrests are expected, according to police.
NW News on 08/19/2017