Suspect, victim identified in early morning shooting
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A Jonesboro man is in custody following an early morning shooting that left one person injured.
According to the incident report, officers were called to St. Bernard’s around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, after 22-year-old Jonathan Gilmore arrived in the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the leg.
A news release shared on social media said further investigation revealed the shooting happened in the 1900 block of West Mathews Avenue.
After searching for a person of interest for several hours, JPD announced shortly after 9 a.m. that the suspect, 21-year-old Jaquan Dent, was in custody.
The incident report said Dent faces charges of first-degree battery and aggravated assault on a family or household member.
Dent was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center to await his probable cause hearing.
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