Officer hurt while responding to shooting back on the job

PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - A Paragould officer who was hurt during a shooting in which a person died is back on the force.

Public Information Office Jason Elms with the Paragould Police Department told Region 8 News that Corporal Owen Mundy was back on the job as of the weekend of Saturday, Feb. 11 after he sustained injuries back in Oct. 2022.

According to a news release from the Paragould Police Department, Mundy was shot Tuesday, Oct. 18, while responding to an incident in the 100-block of South Rockingchair Road.

Mundy was first taken to Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould and then later transported to a Memphis hospital for treatment.

“Corporal Mundy required surgery for his injuries and is now home recovering from surgery,” Greene County Sheriff Brad Snyder said back in October. “At this time, it is unknown when he will be able to return to full active duty.”

Snyder noted that Mundy had been with the department for four years as a patrol officer.

Arkansas State Police continue to investigate the incident and have not released any other names.