Homicide suspect arrested in Chicago

The Jonesboro Police Department announced the out of state arrest of a murder suspect on Friday.

An arrest warrant was obtained for Keyonte Wilbourn, 27, for murder in the first degree. Police said in a release posted to social media that Wilbourn is a suspect in the early Sunday morning homicide of Brandon Lakeith Wilson, who died as a result of a gunshot wound.

Wilbourn was taken into custody Friday in Chicago, Illinois by the US Marshals Great Lake Fugitive Task Force and the Chicago Police Department. He will be extradited back to Craighead County and go before a judge next week.

Wilbourn had been last seen driving a maroon Nissan Altima.

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