FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas man has been sentenced to life in prison
without parole after pleading guilty to capital murder in the fatal shooting of
a sheriff’s deputy earlier this year.
Billy Monroe Jones also pleaded guilty Tuesday to 10 counts of attempted
capital murder for opening fire on other law enforcement officers during the
August incident in rural western Arkansas. Jones admitted fatally shooting
Sebastian County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Cooper and opening fire on the officers
who had initially responded to a domestic disturbance call after Jones allegedly
threatened a family member with a gun.
Hackett Police Chief Darrell Spells was also wounded in the shooting.
Fort Smith television station KHBS reports that Jones apologized in court for
the shooting.
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