BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — The Bentonville Police Department has released new details into a homicide investigation that started after a man was found lying in the road with a gunshot wound.
On Tuesday (April 27), just after 10:00 p.m., the Bentonville Police Department and EMS crews were alerted about an injured male lying in the roadway in the 300 Block of NW 5th Street in Bentonville.
The victim, 30-year-old Bryon Keith Blackmon of Bentonville, was identified to have a gunshot wound to his upper torso.
Police discovered that the suspect, 22-year-old Zachary Allen Avans, had fled the scene prior to the victim being discovered in the roadway.
Blackmon later died from his injuries at an area hospital, police say.
Avans was located by U.S. Marshals in Mississippi where he is currently in custody. He is facing charges of capital murder and aggravated residential burglary.
Avans will be extradited back to Arkansas ahead of a trial.