Man arrested in fatal shooting of Sheridan teenager

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Authorities have arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of an Arkansas teenager.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office says Rusty Draper was arrested Thursday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the Jan. 19 shooting death of the 17-year-old. Police have not released the boy’s name, who was a student at Sheridan High School.

Authorities have not yet said what may have prompted the shooting, which happened at a home in Sheridan.

Draper is being held in the Sheridan jail, and authorities did not know if he had an attorney.






   

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