Shooting from early Tuesday now a murder investigation

JONESBORO, Ark. – Jonesboro authorities say a shooting investigation from Tuesday morning is now a murder investigation after the victim died Thursday morning.

Officers were dispatched around 3:21 AM to Meadowbrook Drive, locating a male with an apparent gunshot wound. Officers worked to aid the victim until fire and EMTs arrived on scene, a release posted to social media said.

The victim sustained serious injuries, police told NEA Report. JPD PIO Sally Smith told NEA Report the victim died around 7 AM Thursday morning.

The homicide is under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division. Police are still searching for a person of interest in the case.

If you have information on this shooting, you are encouraged to call JPD at 870-935-5657.

Featured photo courtesy JPD

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    • Home is were you make it..it’s the people that make it bad other then that Jonesboro is actually a really nice place to live ..if people would stop being thugs..

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