Thirty-three-year-old Eldder Santiago Bautista was the victim of an apparent homicide Sunday night while visiting a residence south of Waldron.
Scott County sheriff’s deputies and state police responded to a home along Ross Creek Road where a witness reported a shooting incident about 8:45 p.m.
Bautista was found dead on the front porch of the residence.
Bautista had been shot and his body has been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory where a manner and cause of death will be determined.
Thirty-three-year-old Luis Gabriel Olivares who is believed to have been staying at the Ross Creek Road address, was later seen Sunday night carrying a rifle near a wooded area near the home and was arrested by a state trooper who initially responded to the shooting incident.
Olivares is being held for questioning by state police special agents at the Scott County Jail.
No formal charges have been filed in the case as of Monday afternoon.
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