(AP) – Police assembled outside a northeast Arkansas Walmart
where a man was later killed after an employee texted her mother saying she expected problems with her ex-husband, who she assumed would be armed.Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson tells the Jonesboro Sun that officers saw
21-year-old Faith Morgan leaving the store in Trumann Sunday evening with her ex-husband, 22-year-old Gabriel Urrabazo, who had a gun.
where a man was later killed after an employee texted her mother saying she expected problems with her ex-husband, who she assumed would be armed.Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson tells the Jonesboro Sun that officers saw
21-year-old Faith Morgan leaving the store in Trumann Sunday evening with her ex-husband, 22-year-old Gabriel Urrabazo, who had a gun.
Hanson says Urrabazo stepped behind Morgan and held a gun to her head while he negotiated with police.
Police say Urrabazo killed 35-year-old Robert Highfill, who tried to save
Morgan.
Henson says Urrabazo surrendered after an hourlong standoff with police. He faces a preliminary charge of first-degree murder.
Trumann is a small town about 120 miles (195 kilometers) northeast of Little Rock.
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