SPRINGDALE, Ark. — The Springdale Police Department has arrested a man in connection to a shooting that occurred Wednesday (Sept. 23).
According to Lt. Jeff Taylor with SPD, around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday officers responded to a call about a shooting at an apartment on Powell Street.
When officers arrived they found 27-year-old Devon Harvey with a gunshot wound to the leg and to the upper torso.
Officers were told the suspect had already left the area.
Taylor says officers immediately rendered first aid to Harvey until paramedics arrived on scene to transport him to a local hospital for his injuries.
On Thursday (Sept. 24) around 5:45 a.m. a man who matched the description of the shooting suspect was booked into Washington County Jail.
The man was identified as 28-year-old Shoderick Willis from Magnolia.
Willis had been arrested by Johnson Police Department while driving a vehicle that matched the suspected vehicle (2005 Silver Chevy Equinox) and was in possession of a handgun that is believed to have been used in the shooting, according to police.
A photo lineup was presented to witnesses who identified Willis as the shooting suspect.
Willis refused to leave his cell to speak with a detective, according to police.
He is currently being held at the Washington County Jail on a charge of Battery 1st degree (injury with a weapon) related to the incident in Springdale.
No further information is available at this time.