One person was killed and three injured in a shooting by a man outside a graduation ceremony in Arkansas on Thursday night.
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A man opened fire outside the Arkansas Convention Center after a high school graduation ceremony, killing one person and wounding three others and a shootout with police, officials said Friday.
The shooting happened Thursday night outside the Hot Springs Convention Center, which had hosted a graduation ceremony for Hot Springs World Class High School, Officer Omar Cervantes said. Hot Springs officers wounded 25-year-old suspect Charles Johnson, who fled and was later arrested at a hospital on a murder warrant.
Officials did not say what caused the fight, but Hot Springs School District Superintendent Stephanie Nehus said in a statement that no current students or graduates were involved.
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Cervantes said in a statement that Hot Springs police officers and Garland County officials were trying to defuse the situation when a single gunman opened fire at the crowd. The man who died has been identified as 39-year-old Michael Jordan, they said. Others had non-fatal wounds, he said.
Johnson’s condition was not released. Prison records do not list an attorney who can speak on his behalf and court records do not show he has been formally charged.
The shooting took place near the city of Hot Springs, a popular tourist destination about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southwest of Little Rock.
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