Teen boy arrested on murder charge

A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with second-degree murder after a shooting that killed a man on Thursday, Jonesboro police said in a Facebook post.

Christopher Rudley was hospitalized and later died because of the shooting, which happened around 9 p.m. in the 300 block of Sage-wood Drive, the post stated.

Police arrested a 14-year-old boy, whose name wasn’t immediately released, and charged him with second-degree murder and theft by receiving.

He was taken to the Craig-head County Juvenile Center, according to the post.


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