FORT SMITH -- A man was arrested Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman, according to police.
Officers responded to a call at 6:15 a.m. Thursday at an apartment in the 1700 block of Brazil Avenue, according to a Police Department news release.
Police found Jessica Ann Chavez, 32, dead in a bedroom of the apartment.
Detectives identified Ervin Eduardo Nafate Ruiz, 24, as the suspect in the case. He was arrested in connection with first-degree murder by the Poteau, Okla., police after Fort Smith police disseminated information on the case to law enforcement agencies in the area.
Ervin Eduardo Nafate Ruiz
Ervin Eduardo Nafate Ruiz