Special agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Searcy County Friday resulting in the death of 23-year-old Daniel Allen Yielding of Paragould.According to the Arkansas State Police, Searcy County Sheriffs Department deputies and correctional officers of the Arkansas Department of Correction had been involved in a manhunt about two miles north of Marshall off Arkansas Highway 27 when the shooting occurred at approximately 12:30 Friday afternoon.Local law enforcement officers began the search for Yielding Thursday based on an outstanding warrant for parole violation and reports of Yielding being seen fleeing a local residence.Deputies and state correction officers were continuing the search Friday when Yielding was spotted in a wooded area armed with a knife. ADC personnel ordered the parolee to drop the knife. Yielding reportedly refused to comply with the order and at that time moved toward an ADC officer who fired his gun as Yielding advanced.Yieldings body is being transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for an autopsy.
The Arkansas State Police investigation of the use of deadly force by a law enforcement officer will be submitted to the Searcy County Prosecuting Attorney for consideration whether the use of force was used consistent with Arkansas laws.
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