Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division are investigating a shooting incident which occurred yesterday morning in Rockport (Hot Spring County) involving a local police officer and a wanted fugitive.
About 7:30 a.m. (Wednesday, July 3rd) Hot Spring County authorities responded a robbery call from the Wishbone Store along Highway 84 near Bismarck.
A short time later, a Rockport police officer spotted a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle believed to have been driven by the alleged robbery suspect.
The pick-up truck was stopped by police on a Wal-Mart parking lot between Malvern and Rockport. The driver was ordered to exit the vehicle. The officer reported hearing a gun shot from inside the truck and returned gunfire toward the driver.
Brandon Rennie Turner, 34, of Donaldson was pronounced dead at the scene.
Turner was also wanted by Hot Springs Police in connection with an attempted capital murder and aggravated robbery.
Turner’s body was transported to the State Crime Laboratory for a determination and cause of death.
An investigative file will be submitted to the prosecuting attorney for review.
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