Local Scoop. . . Dardanelle Shooting

[FDInLaw]

Violence erupts at Dardanelle armory party
Story date: Feb. 17, 2008

Man hospitalized in serious condition following shooting; Yell Co. sheriff says altercation appears to have led to violence witnesses describe as “crossfire”
By Mary Kincy Benefield
Reporter
DARDANELLE — A 19-year-old man is in serious condition at a Little Rock hospital after an apparent altercation at a party attended by Arkansas Tech University students resulted in a shooting early Saturday morning outside the Morris R. Moore Arkansas National Guard Armory near Dardanelle, authorities said.
Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey said in a press conference held late Saturday afternoon despite having conducted interviews with “several” witnesses since the incident, which he said occurred about 2 a.m., no one had yet been arrested in connection with the shooting.
“We feel like at this time we’re close to identifying a possible suspect or suspects,” he said, adding, “We believe there’s going to be multiple gunmen involved in this.”
He said investigators do not believe the shooting was racially motivated, nor do they suspect any of the victims “were shooters during the incident.”
In addition to the man hospitalized in Little Rock — who Gilkey said was shot in the back — two others, including a 19-year-old male who sustained a gunshot wound to the wrist and a 19-year-old female who suffered from shock, were treated and released at area hospitals.
Investigators recovered 24 spent 9 mm rounds from the grounds at the armory, Gilkey said.
Gilkey declined to comment on who organized the party, which he said was heavily attended by an estimated 500 individuals between the ages of 18-25, including both ATU students and “other attendees from across the state of Arkansas.”

(see link for complete article)

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17695

Anyone hear more about this? :confused:

[optimumprimal78]

Violence erupts at Dardanelle armory party
Story date: Feb. 17, 2008

Man hospitalized in serious condition following shooting; Yell Co. sheriff says altercation appears to have led to violence witnesses describe as “crossfire”
By Mary Kincy Benefield
Reporter
DARDANELLE — A 19-year-old man is in serious condition at a Little Rock hospital after an apparent altercation at a party attended by Arkansas Tech University students resulted in a shooting early Saturday morning outside the Morris R. Moore Arkansas National Guard Armory near Dardanelle, authorities said.
Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey said in a press conference held late Saturday afternoon despite having conducted interviews with “several” witnesses since the incident, which he said occurred about 2 a.m., no one had yet been arrested in connection with the shooting.
“We feel like at this time we’re close to identifying a possible suspect or suspects,” he said, adding, “We believe there’s going to be multiple gunmen involved in this.”
He said investigators do not believe the shooting was racially motivated, nor do they suspect any of the victims “were shooters during the incident.”
In addition to the man hospitalized in Little Rock — who Gilkey said was shot in the back — two others, including a 19-year-old male who sustained a gunshot wound to the wrist and a 19-year-old female who suffered from shock, were treated and released at area hospitals.
Investigators recovered 24 spent 9 mm rounds from the grounds at the armory, Gilkey said.
Gilkey declined to comment on who organized the party, which he said was heavily attended by an estimated 500 individuals between the ages of 18-25, including both ATU students and “other attendees from across the state of Arkansas.”

(see link for complete article)

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17695

Anyone hear more about this? :confused:

I just heard a little about it. I thought that there was another fight/shooting at Dardanelle awhile back that was at the armory. Does any one know?

It wouldn't surprise me to hear if KJ and/or company were at said party either.

[lorettalockhorn]

All that I've heard about the Saturday shooting is that two ATU football players were hosting the party and there were about 500 Tech and high school students in attendance.

The reports about LE and EMS weren't flattering at all; making it sound like the melee couldn't (or wasn't attempted to) be contained. The armory wasn't shut down for a search, and EMS had trouble loading the patients and leaving the scene.

[CSOKC]

Violence erupts at Dardanelle armory party
Story date: Feb. 17, 2008

Man hospitalized in serious condition following shooting; Yell Co. sheriff says altercation appears to have led to violence witnesses describe as “crossfire”
By Mary Kincy Benefield
Reporter
DARDANELLE — A 19-year-old man is in serious condition at a Little Rock hospital after an apparent altercation at a party attended by Arkansas Tech University students resulted in a shooting early Saturday morning outside the Morris R. Moore Arkansas National Guard Armory near Dardanelle, authorities said.
Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey said in a press conference held late Saturday afternoon despite having conducted interviews with “several” witnesses since the incident, which he said occurred about 2 a.m., no one had yet been arrested in connection with the shooting.
“We feel like at this time we’re close to identifying a possible suspect or suspects,” he said, adding, “We believe there’s going to be multiple gunmen involved in this.”
He said investigators do not believe the shooting was racially motivated, nor do they suspect any of the victims “were shooters during the incident.”
In addition to the man hospitalized in Little Rock — who Gilkey said was shot in the back — two others, including a 19-year-old male who sustained a gunshot wound to the wrist and a 19-year-old female who suffered from shock, were treated and released at area hospitals.
Investigators recovered 24 spent 9 mm rounds from the grounds at the armory, Gilkey said.
Gilkey declined to comment on who organized the party, which he said was heavily attended by an estimated 500 individuals between the ages of 18-25, including both ATU students and “other attendees from across the state of Arkansas.”

(see link for complete article)

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17695

Anyone hear more about this? :confused:

I haven't heard anything about this but I'm going to ask around and see what I can find out.

[lorettalockhorn]

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=60832

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=65771

[FDInLaw]

Can y'all believe this? . . . just heard that a rumor has been going around town that Kevin was shot at this party! Small towns, ya just got to love them! :punch:





(I assume this is just a rumor. . . right?)

[lorettalockhorn]

According to today's Courier, the two shooting victims are Brandon Wade and Jody Beard. Wade is still listed in serious condition in a LR hospital.

[lorettalockhorn]

Today's article:

http://couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17719

[FDInLaw]

Judge denies motion to dismiss rape case
Story date: Feb. 21, 2008

Court finds defendant must be “specifically charged” in order to assert right to speedy trial
By Mary Kincy Benefield
Reporter
A judge Friday denied a motion to dismiss filed by attorneys on behalf of a man charged with rape in connection with an Oct. 20, 1998, incident in which police discovered a then 20-year-old woman in bloody, mangled clothes walking south on State Highway 7 in Russellville.
Police later determined the woman had apparently been struck twice on the head and allegedly raped by an unknown assailant.
In denying the motion, 5th Judicial District Judge Dennis C. Sutterfield ruled time elapsed between the October 2004 filing of charges against a DNA profile attributed to “John Doe,” and the May 2006 filing of charges specifically naming Grady Wayne Lewallen, 28, had no bearing on Lewallen’s right to speedy trial as it did not “subject him to arrest or jeopardize in any way his liberty.”
“None of the concerns connected to speedy trial are triggered by information that does not subject a specific person to arrest and trial,” Sutterfield wrote.
James Dunham, Lewallen’s attorney, argued at a Feb. 11 hearing the period between the filing of the charges and Lewallen’s arrest violated speedy trial rules mandating such a trial should take place within 12 months. Dunham also cited the fact amended information naming Lewallen specifically as the defendant in the case was not filed until May 5, 2006, despite Lewallen’s having been compelled to provide a DNA sample to authorities as a result of another, unrelated conviction in April 2004, as a separate speedy trial issue in the case.
Fifth Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons previously told The Courier he filed the charges against the then-unidentified DNA profile in 2004 due to concerns about possible statute of limitations restrictions.
In May 2006, a statewide DNA database matched a DNA sample taken from Lewallen to another taken from a rape kit conducted on the victim the night of the rape. April Robnett, a State Crime Lab administrator, testified at the hearing the delay between the time Lewallen provided his mandatory sample and the time of the match was due to a backlog at the lab. (see link for complete article)



http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17731


This case has always given me the chills! :mad:

[christina]

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17731


This case has always given me the chills! :mad:

Is the conncetion to Nona's case because the dna was found in the system?

[FDInLaw]

Is the conncetion to Nona's case because the dna was found in the system?
No connection that I know of, just like the Dardanelle shooting. . . I started this thread for other local topics.

Freaky similarities though!!! :eek:

[hawgustusgloop]

This just popped up on KFSM about the shooting:

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7906519

[FDInLaw]

Sheriff eyeing 3 suspects in shootings
Story date: Feb. 27, 2008

Gilkey confirms “some” either current or former ATU football players
By Mary Kincy Benefield
Reporter
Authorities have identified three suspects in connection with the Feb. 16 shootings of two men outside an Arkansas Army National Guard armory near Dardanelle, Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey said Tuesday.
While he declined to name the suspects, citing concern the release of further information might jeopardize investigators’ continued efforts, Gilkey confirmed “some” of the suspects were current or former members of the Arkansas Tech University football team.
“We’re following up on leads regarding those three individuals at this time,” Gilkey said. None of the suspects have yet been arrested, Gilkey confirmed.
“We’re taking this slow,” he added. “It’s complicated, and we want to get it right the first time.” . . .

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=17784

[hawgustusgloop]

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8000151

What were these idiots doing?

[lorettalockhorn]

Maybe it's not unrelated?

From yesterday's Courier:

He initially said he could not say if authorities planned to investigate a possible connection to the Dardanelle shooting — in which Yell County Sheriff Bill Gilkey previously confirmed his investigators had developed three suspects, “some” of which were either current or former Tech football players — but then added investigators would “go where the evidence takes us.”


http://couriernews.com/archived_story.php?ID=17909&Search=james%20park%20shooting

By idiots, are you referring to the shooters, or the spokesmorons at Tech that talk out both sides of their mouths? Or both??

[FDInLaw]

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8000151

What were these idiots doing?"Twenty-7-year-old DeMario Dontrell Dansberry and 19-year-old Devante Lavaris White are being held on $500,000 bonds. Police say the two, along with 25-year-old Marcell Gabriel White, were arrested Sunday night after police say they fired at least 30 9 mm rounds into the air from a car parked near James Park in Russellville. No one was injured.

Officers reported finding three 9 mm pistols, a bulletproof vest, a box of .40-caliber rounds, a clip for a .40-caliber pistol and several spent casings in the car and on its roof." (From your link)

Sad, that their common sense paled in comparison with the amount of ammo in their possession. :rolleyes:

Dumb kids. . . sure glad no one was hurt.

[lorettalockhorn]

did anyone know this young man; William Ramsey?

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=62381

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=62426

http://arkansasmatters.com/content/fulltext/?cid=67227

[FDInLaw]

OSBURN DENIED NEW TRIAL


By Jeannie Nugent/OF THE COMMERCIAL STAFF
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:58 AM CDT

HAMBURG — Calling the evidence “flimsy,” 10th Judicial District Circuit Court Judge Sam Pope took only seconds Monday to dismiss the motion for a new trial for Kenneth Osburn.



The 47-year-old trucker was convicted in January for the 2006 kidnapping and murder of Pine Bluff teenager Casey Crowder. He was sentenced to life without parole.

Crowder’s mother Melinda Crowder said after the hearing that she was relieved by Pope’s ruling.

“The thought of having to go through all of that again just devastated me,” she said. “I’m so glad. It would’ve just devastated my family.”

Defense attorneys cited juror misconduct in a demand that Osburn’s conviction be set aside and a new trial ordered. The motion was filed after Drew County resident Darcy Melder signed an affidavit claiming that co-worker, Lisa Adams, told her and other employees that juror Stacy Wesson said that she believed Osburn was guilty. The statement was allegedly made the weekend prior to the first day of trial.



From the stand Monday, Adams told Defense Attorney Patrick Benca that she did not make the statement. She did, however, admit that Osburn’s case was discussed that weekend while Adams and her husband, as well as Wesson and her boyfriend, Brett Shell, visited family members in Lake Village.

Adams said it was Shell that brought up the subject, saying that he was surprised that Wesson was chosen for the jury despite her belief in the death penalty. Adams replied with an emphatic “No” when asked by Benca if Wesson admitted to already having formed an opinion as to Osburn’s guilt.

Adams said Shell stated that Crowder had been raped, to which Wesson allegedly replied, “No, that’s not what happened.”

“The rest of us talked about how we felt he was guilty,” said Adams.

Defense Attorney Jim Wyatt told Pope that the fact that Wesson participated in a conversation about the case at all was against the court’s orders. Wyatt read instructions made to Wesson and the other jurors prior to the beginning of trial, warning them not to talk to anybody about the case and to report it immediately if someone tried to engage them in a conversation about the subject.

Melder did not deter from her testimony that Adams told her that Wesson had already formed an opinion as to Osburn’s guilt. Wyatt questioned Melder about any personal connections she had with Osburn or his family. She said her sister’s ex-husband was best friends with Osburn, but she is not a personal friend of Osburn or his family.

On cross examination, 10th Judicial Prosecutor Thomas Deen asked Melder if she had repeated Adams’ alleged conversation to anybody. Melder said she had relayed the information to Osburn’s daughter, Holly, who was a patient at the clinic.

Clinic Manager Elaine Donha testified that Adams came to her office and told her that she and Wesson would say the same thing on the stand and Melder would look bad.

Deen did not call any rebuttal witnesses and Wesson never took the stand.

Pope took only seconds in saying the allegations were “too flimsy” to merit a new trial for Osburn.

“The defense failed to make its case,” he said. . .

http://www.pbcommercial.com/articles/2008/03/11/news/news2.txt

[lorettalockhorn]

Breaking news out of in Pope County. Deputies are working two crime scenes north of Dover on Rushing Road. They say someone shot four people.
Two are at St. Mary's Hospital in Russellville. The other two were med-flighted to a Little Rock hospital.

Deputies are trying to figure out exactly what happened.

They have one suspect in custody and believe he's responsible for all four shootings.

Stay with Today's THV and todaysthv.com for more on this developing story.


http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66436&catid=2#comments

[SaraSidle]

Breaking news out of in Pope County. Deputies are working two crime scenes north of Dover on Rushing Road. They say someone shot four people.
Two are at St. Mary's Hospital in Russellville. The other two were med-flighted to a Little Rock hospital.

Deputies are trying to figure out exactly what happened.

They have one suspect in custody and believe he's responsible for all four shootings.

Stay with Today's THV and todaysthv.com for more on this developing story.


http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66436&catid=2#comments



That is pretty wild! Wonder if it is domestic related?

[hawgustusgloop]

Two crime scenes? I wonder what is going on?!?!?

[lorettalockhorn]

TruTV needs to throw a few more hamsters on the treadmill! Took forever to get in here. :punch: The Courier site isn't updated yet, but here's the article:

Russellville police apprehended a Pope Cpounty man after four victims were shot Saturday evening north of Dover, Pope County authorities and Russellville police said.
Lt. Aaron DuVall, a criminal investigator with the Pope County Sheriff's Department, said just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the conditions of the victims - which he confirmed included at least two males and at least one female - were unknown. All were transported to Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, he said.
DuVall confirmed a suspect in the shooting was in police custody, and said the man - who was also transported to Saint Mary's after Russellville police apprehended him in the parking lot of the Burger King restaurant on North Arkansas Avenue - was injured, but declined to specify the type or severity of the man's injuries.
Witnesses present at the scene at the Low Water Bridge area off Rushing Road - where locals frequently swim in warm weather - indicated the suspect, whose name is not being released by authorities at the time, may have recently returned from a military deployment to Iraq, and also indicated the shooting may have followed a wedding several said took place near the water prior to the incident.
A white sport-utility vehicle was partially submerged in water at the scene, although it was not immediately clear how the vehicle came to be in the middle of the creek.
The suspect's arrest came after Pope County 911 Emergency Communications issued a "be on the lookout" (BOLO) warning for a man considered armed and dangerous reportedly driving a 12-ton Cherolet pickup truck later identified as a red Silverado.
Authorities - including Deputy Pope County Coroner Doug Hottinger and Russellville Police Department (RPD) Officer Michael Paterak - began pursuit of the suspect vehicle after it was observed headed souuth on State Highway 7l RPD Public Information Officer Joshua McMillian confirmed, adding the vehicle was seen traveling at speeds of up to 100 mph before stopping in the Burger King parking lot. It was not immediately clear whether the suspect received the injuries for which he was transported to the hospital during or prior to the arrest.
DuVall, who indicated he was present at the emergency room at Saint Mary's when contacted Saturday night, said little other information was available.
We're at the very beginning stages of the investigation, so we're mainly just trying to piece together witnesses," DuVall said.

Aside: WTH is it with The Courier using "-" to indicate the incessant use of parathetical expressions??? I don't see other newspapers doing that.
DuVall's comment about "piecing together witnesses" sounds like they needed surgery too.

[SaraSidle]

Thanks Loretta for the update.

[lorettalockhorn]

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66443&catid=2

[hawgustusgloop]

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66449&catid=2

[lorettalockhorn]

There are some interesting comments posted at the KTHV site:

SisterOfTheBride wrote:
Wow! Do you have this story all messed up! The shooter was not known to the bride and groom. No one with the wedding party knew him. Evidently his girlfriend's dog got into a fight with the bride and groom's dog. He got his gun out to shoot the dog of the newly married couple, and when they tried to stop him, he shot them. He also shot one wedding guest, and the forth victim was his girlfriend who was trying to stop him from shooting! After he finished his shooting spree, he tried to escape by driving across the low water bridge. His vehicle drowned out in the water, so he ran off and stole "a farm truck". It was this farm truck which he was driving when he was arrested.

I know these things because I am the bride's sister and have just spent last night and today at the hospital with her and her husband. They are both in ICU.

[SaraSidle]

There are some interesting comments posted at the KTHV site:

SisterOfTheBride wrote:
Wow! Do you have this story all messed up! The shooter was not known to the bride and groom. No one with the wedding party knew him. Evidently his girlfriend's dog got into a fight with the bride and groom's dog. He got his gun out to shoot the dog of the newly married couple, and when they tried to stop him, he shot them. He also shot one wedding guest, and the forth victim was his girlfriend who was trying to stop him from shooting! After he finished his shooting spree, he tried to escape by driving across the low water bridge. His vehicle drowned out in the water, so he ran off and stole "a farm truck". It was this farm truck which he was driving when he was arrested.

I know these things because I am the bride's sister and have just spent last night and today at the hospital with her and her husband. They are both in ICU.


Thanks loretta

[upallnight]

There are some interesting comments posted at the KTHV site:

SisterOfTheBride wrote:
Wow! Do you have this story all messed up! The shooter was not known to the bride and groom. No one with the wedding party knew him. Evidently his girlfriend's dog got into a fight with the bride and groom's dog. He got his gun out to shoot the dog of the newly married couple, and when they tried to stop him, he shot them. He also shot one wedding guest, and the forth victim was his girlfriend who was trying to stop him from shooting! After he finished his shooting spree, he tried to escape by driving across the low water bridge. His vehicle drowned out in the water, so he ran off and stole "a farm truck". It was this farm truck which he was driving when he was arrested.

I know these things because I am the bride's sister and have just spent last night and today at the hospital with her and her husband. They are both in ICU.

What she says is true from what I was told by the x-wife of a member of the family. 3 of her children was there. 2 was playing in the shallow water when the shooting started. Her older son was trying to hold the back of the brides head to keep the stuff coming out as in place as he could. All 3 children were very tramutized by it all. She said the groom was shot twice, once in the jaw that caused a couple of teeth to have to be taken out in surgery due to the location they blew out to. The other shot went in his neck area she said. She said he did also shot his girlfriend but did not say where on her body, it was not as bad. As of today, she said the staus on all the victims is they will be ok, I was shocked because she said the bride was shot pretty much right between the eyes area. She also said there was drinking going there but not sure what if any thing that had to do with it. I had to end our talk to leave for a birthday party. Thank God none of the children got hurt. So sad for someone to do something like. Just don't understand it.

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks upall. The Courier had an article this morning, but the site isn't updated yet. SisterOfTheBride posted this at the KTHV site:

SisterOfTheBride wrote:
The bride had surgery to remove bone fragments from her brain since she was shot, at close range, in the forehead. We are hopeful that she will recover completely, though will be left with a considerable scar. The groom was shot twice, once in the jaw and once in the neck. The doctors are still trying to determine when his first surgery will be, but he is expected to eventually recover. The third victim was shot in the chest and is also still in the hospital, but is expected to recover. The forth victim was not part of the wedding party and was not known to the people at the wedding. She was with the shooter and received her wound while attempting to stop him from shooting. It is my understanding that she was shot in either the arm or hand.

Thanks to those who have offered kind words.

[upallnight]

Thanks upall. The Courier had an article this morning, but the site isn't updated yet. SisterOfTheBride posted this at the KTHV site:

SisterOfTheBride wrote:
The bride had surgery to remove bone fragments from her brain since she was shot, at close range, in the forehead. We are hopeful that she will recover completely, though will be left with a considerable scar. The groom was shot twice, once in the jaw and once in the neck. The doctors are still trying to determine when his first surgery will be, but he is expected to eventually recover. The third victim was shot in the chest and is also still in the hospital, but is expected to recover. The forth victim was not part of the wedding party and was not known to the people at the wedding. She was with the shooter and received her wound while attempting to stop him from shooting. It is my understanding that she was shot in either the arm or hand.

Thanks to those who have offered kind words.

Nancy Grace has the story on now, a Russellville reporter is speaking. Nancy will air show again later tonight if you missed it.

[upallnight]

Nancy Grace show reported family members at wedding said ***use of alcohol plus an arguement over dogs escalated and lead to shooting. Bride was lucky to be alive. The rest of the show was pretty much what had already been reported on local stations. One guest seem to think shooter may need to be checked out to see if he has some type of social disorder. (According to my source, alcohol was involved, she took pictures of the crime scene to take to her attorney. She said many times her x has the kids, the children are expose to some type of incident due to the alcohol use. IMO no reason for this to have happened but I do understand her point that people are not the same under the influence. I would not want my children in that situation either. She was blessed her children was not hurt.)

[lorettalockhorn]

Here's the transcript of the segment:

GRACE: Man.

When we come back, it should have been the most beautiful and sacred day of their lives, their wedding day, just before sunset. But bullets tear through the crowd. The bride shot between the eyes, the groom in the mouth and the neck. Miracle they lived.

Tonight, the investigation.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(NEWSBREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: A wedding, usually one of the happiest days in a couple`s life. But on this day, the bride and groom ended up shot and clinging to life.

Reports say suspect Patrick Duvall apparently got into an argument with the bride and the groom about a dog. Moments later, police say Duvall shot the newlyweds. But the wedding guests didn`t let the suspect escape. They followed the gunman, who was driving a stolen vehicle, to a fast food restaurant, where Duvall was apprehended by authorities.

Police questioning over 30 witnesses, trying to piece together how a bride and groom ended up shot at their own wedding.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

GRACE: In a beautiful and idyllic setting, just at twilight, just before nightfall, the sun setting, bullets tear through a wedding ceremony. The bride shot between the eyes. The groom shot in mouth and the neck. Bottom line, miracle, they lived.

Tonight, the investigation. Out to Mary Kincy Benefield, with the Russellville Courier, what happened?

MARY KINCY BENEFIELD, NEWS EDITOR, RUSSELLVILLE COURIER: Well, we don`t know a lot right now. The police are being sort of closed mouthed about the details. We do know that at some point after the vows were spoken, apparently someone involved with the wedding got into an argument with Mr. Duvall and he retrieved a handgun and shot four people.

He then somehow got his car stuck in the middle of the creek. It was white utility vehicle that was still at the scene, when I was on scene a couple hours later. Then apparently fled that vehicle, stole another vehicle from a nearby passenger and drove about 10 miles into neighboring Russellville where he was captured by police. He actually surrendered.

GRACE: Incredible.

Eben Brown with Metronetworks, what more can you tell us?

EBEN BROWN, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER: Well, we know so far that this man was a stranger to the bride and groom, that they didn`t know who he was. He wasn`t someone that they had any type of history with whatsoever. But he is the man that shot them.

GRACE: To Mike Brooks -- weigh in, Mike.

BROOKS: Nancy, this is just a bizarre case. Here they are, out in the middle of a park, having their wedding. And you`ve got this ne`er-do- well, I mean, you know, I don`t even want to talk any second more about him. You know, he comes up there with a weapon and opens fire over some little argument that he had.

You know, if you go back and I think they go back, and look, he`s probably going to have some -- some past records on his own, probably a weapons charge in his past.

GRACE: This is incredible to me that bullets can tear through your wedding ceremony.

I want to go out to Dr. Michael Bell, Palm Beach County chief medical examiner. How is it -- the bride was shot between the eyes. Why is it she is going to recover? That seems incredible to me.

DR. MICHAEL BELL, PALM BEACH CO. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER: Chances are the bullet path went through the frontal lobes, probably not to the back of her brain but perhaps upwards, and thus spared her, you know, a much worse consequence.

GRACE: I want to go back out to the lawyers, Ray Giudice, Anne Bremner.

To you, Ray Giudice, what is he looking at?

GIUDICE: Well, Nancy, on the aggravated assault -- charges, he`s look at 20 years times four. Four separate counts. You got an auto theft charge. Looks like everyone is going survive. Hopefully that will be the case and won`t be upgraded to any type of a homicide charge.

GRACE: What about it, Anne Bremner?

BREMNER: Well, I agree with the fact, the question is will he be diagnosed for demonizing in this case. I mean he may well have some true issues.

GRACE: Oh, here it comes.

(CROSSTALK)

GRACE: Just like, if it didn`t fit, you must acquit. Now it`s diagnosed or demonized. Got a question for you, did you make that up?

BREMNER: No comment. I`ll take credit for it, if you like it.

GRACE: OK, so Anne, when you say diagnosed or demonized, explain, translate for me.

BREMNER: What I`m basically saying, Nancy, in more simpler terms is that either we`re looking at -- some kind of mental defense, because this is so bizarre, or, in fact, he`s really a horrible person and went out and did kind of one of those horrible acts, killing -- trying to kill a bride and groom at their wedding ceremony of all things.

This is a classic case of one or the other.

GRACE: To Tracy Dennis, psychology professor, it`s audacious and I think Anne Bremner is actually correct that there`s got to be some type of mental defense. I mean, the guests at the wedding chased him down. That is how cops finally get him. They chased him down, seeing that he is getting away. They get in their vehicles and they chased the guy from the wedding as the bride and groom are rushed to the emergency room.

The audacity of this shooting, what does it mean?

DENNIS: Well, it does -- a diagnosis I think might be warranted. It doesn`t excuse this behavior and it shouldn`t in a legal context. But he is showing signs of anti-social personality disorder, and that includes a clear lack of empathy for other`s feelings, lawlessness, disregard for laws, impulsivity.

GRACE: Of course that will not rise to a mental defect. It could be a defense in some jurisdictions.

Out to the lines, Ty in Washington. Hi, Ty.

TY, WASHINGTON RESIDENT: Hi.

GRACE: What`s your question, dear?

TY: I was wondering if it`s possible that the shooter knew anybody at the wedding.

GRACE: Excellent question. Back to Mary Kincy Benefield with the Russellville Courier, any connection at all to anyone?

BENEFIELD: Apparently not. I was told by several witnesses at the scene that he may have had some interaction with them. Of course, we would presume that from the altercation. But from what we`re being told by police sources, they did not know one another.

GRACE: To Eben Brown, investigative reporter -- Eben, I understand they got into a verbal argument over their dogs, one of them being a pit bull?

BROWN: It`s a little shaky, Nancy. Somebody insulted the other person`s dog and then somehow this turned into a shooting. And it`s still really up in the air. But this began over words about the opinion of someone else`s dog.

GRACE: To Mike Brooks, I`ve seen homicides over something as small as a $10 debt. So I`m not surprised that they had a fight over their dogs. What`s he doing carrying around a 9 millimeter weapon?

BROOKS: Exactly. Well, you know, it`s Arkansas, so a lot of people carry guns in their cars in Arkansas like they do here in Georgia.

GRACE: A lot of people carry guns in their cars all over the country, Mike.

BROOKS: Exactly. But I`m saying, you know, a little argument like that escalates, this guy has got some issues, needless to say.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

[lorettalockhorn]

Today's Courier article:

http://couriernews.com/story.php?ID=18595

[upallnight]

Melissa Beavers, (the bride who got shot) will speak tonight on Nancy Grace.

[upallnight]

My friend of the family told me today she is going home. Unbelievable! The groom will stay in the hospital-he is facing surgery's. She showed me pictures of the crime scene and more of the story. I have to go for now but will try to add it later. One thing she said was the girl friend of the shooter was the original one that grabbed the gun and said if you don't shot the dog I will. Then her boyfriend got the gun somehow and shot her. He then just started shooting until no more bullets remained. They had actually talked him into not going for the gun but the girlfriend made the if you don't I will thing and it went bad from there. I have to go but will try to write more later. My friend is getting this from family there so her's is second hand also and said the newspaper reports have reported it wrong but details are still coming out from the people that was there.

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks upall. My DISH went out and I don't have HNN on my basic cable, so I'll have to watch at midnight.

The story just gets crazier as the days go by. Wonder how many witnesses LE have left to talk to, and I wonder if everyone has come forward. Is it possible that people are worried about having been drinking in public/dry county that they aren't talking? I read that they don't even know who drove the victims to the intersection of Hwy 7. :confused:

[lorettalockhorn]

The bride on tonight's news:

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=66632&catid=2

[upallnight]

My friend of the family told me today she is going home. Unbelievable! The groom will stay in the hospital-he is facing surgery's. She showed me pictures of the crime scene and more of the story. I have to go for now but will try to add it later. One thing she said was the girl friend of the shooter was the original one that grabbed the gun and said if you don't shot the dog I will. Then her boyfriend got the gun somehow and shot her. He then just started shooting until no more bullets remained. They had actually talked him into not going for the gun but the girlfriend made the if you don't I will thing and it went bad from there. I have to go but will try to write more later. My friend is getting this from family there so her's is second hand also and said the newspaper reports have reported it wrong but details are still coming out from the people that was there.

Ok, just saw the bride on channel 11 and they reported the girlfriend was trying to stop the shooter, my source told me that is one of the things the media was reporting wrong. They did not say she was going home today or tomorrow either. Not sure what to think now, but then again-maybe she is and they did not know or did not report that part. Don't know what to think for sure now. Maybe her source saw/heard it different from others but she said her sister in law sure is upset because it is being reported wrong and said she saw it first hand. I think I will wait until it settles down to see if the story changes from my source and the media if they report on the story more. Just glad no one was killed and hope the groom (or anyone else) does not have more complications from his injuries to face in the future.

[lorettalockhorn]

Upall, there seems to be a lot of conflicting reports.

This has some of Duvall's version:

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8391938&nav=menu151_2

[lorettalockhorn]

Dover Times article:

http://admin.iadsnetwork.com/images/pdf/pdfs/9616.pdf

[upallnight]

Thanks upall. My DISH went out and I don't have HNN on my basic cable, so I'll have to watch at midnight.

The story just gets crazier as the days go by. Wonder how many witnesses LE have left to talk to, and I wonder if everyone has come forward. Is it possible that people are worried about having been drinking in public/dry county that they aren't talking? I read that they don't even know who drove the victims to the intersection of Hwy 7. :confused:

Yes it does. My source brought me pictures of beer cans and a whiskey bottle. She said she was told the girlfriend of the shooter was going up to the wedding party a couple of times to bum cigs. and beer from one of the men there. (Don't want to put his name on here) I missed it on Nancy also. I looked but did not see it so it must have been short. I just heard it on TV but was not at the TV to see it.
You could have a point about the drinking, I know my source is upset because her x has had troubles when her children was around him and drinking was involved. That is why she took the pictures to take to her attorney. She said one of her children was drinking an off brand soda, a twist I think she said when she got there to get them and there were cans just like that in the trash. She said there is a history of drinking in her x family. She believes it was the trash of the wedding party guests since her son was drinking a soda just like some of the empty cans in the trash. I don't remember the name of the driver, I do know the older son of my source was with them in transport trying to hold the brides head. She said some just got vehicles to try to catch the shooter and the others went directly to the victims putting them in the vehicle to go for help. She was called because someone thought it was her that was shot, when she asked why she left work because she knew some of her children were at the site for the wedding with her x. She has the same name as the Bride so that is why she was called by a friend that heard it from someone that she was shot but it was the bride that had the same name and she knew the wedding was going on there. Her children are having a hard time with it. If there was drinking going on, from what she says-words may have not been said that was said if drinking was not involved. It may have been handled alot differently if not under the influence. She has not said anyone has said there was drinking going on that was there. She plans to talk to her older son once he has time to settle down, they are still in a shock about it all and will cry if anyone talks about it right now. They say please don't talk about it. So for them, she needs to give it some time. She only knows first hand what she saw when she got there but seems to believe her sister in laws version of the story. She said the only reason he stopped shooting was he ran out of bullets. Thank God for that! I am sure not a first hand wittness, only know what she is telling me and she may be getting the information wrong from her source. I have to consider the drinking thing and understand her point completely if it is true. But there is 2 sides to every story and she has an x husband that was there with some of their children, ya know what I mean? Maybe more will come out. Maybe not if they want to hide things. Since she got pictures of the beer/whiskey bottles/cans, blood spots etc., surely the investigators got pictures if that is an issue. I guess time will tell. :shrug:

[upallnight]

Dover Times article:

http://admin.iadsnetwork.com/images/pdf/pdfs/9616.pdf


Ummm! Did not see nothing about no dogs here. Wow, maybe my source has a point that the alcohol was a factor. But she did also say that Duvall may have been getting angry that his girl friend was going up to a male wedding guest asking for beer and cigs., but that was not on this report either! Lord, how many stories are there? Here doggie doggie, WTHeck? My source was told there was dogs there and they thought he was going to shot the dogs and actually talked him out of it until his girlfriend said if you won't I will etc. I smell a rat, this is unreal! What really happened!:confused: :confused: :confused: :seeya:

[lorettalockhorn]

Up close it's just a big ole mess!

They may never figure out the guy's motive (I supposed temporary insanity or PTSD is a possibility for a defense), but the bottom line is he fired those shots. Figuratively overkill and it could have been literally. It may take a long time for those kids to get over what they saw.

I think it was a nephew of the couple who told a reporter the dog story.

[upallnight]

Upall, there seems to be a lot of conflicting reports.

This has some of Duvall's version:

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8391938&nav=menu151_2

Good grief, completely different version of the story from the Dover Times. Guess someone is telling a fib or 2! Maybe JCMN might say, she does not see anything wrong with having a beer or two on this case also? Oh, I forgot-poof she is gone. Sorry, I'm bad!:beer:

[upallnight]

Up close it's just a big ole mess!

They may never figure out the guy's motive (I supposed temporary insanity or PTSD is a possibility for a defense), but the bottom line is he fired those shots. Figuratively overkill and it could have been literally. It may take a long time for those kids to get over what they saw.

I think it was a nephew of the couple who told a reporter the dog story.

Oh L, I agree 100%, he was wrong and should be punished. I consider that being better than having to live the rest of his life with the guilt of killing someone should that had been the case. He gets off pretty easy IMO and I also agree Temporary insanity & or PTSD could be a defense factor so he may not do much if any time. If what he said is true, just get up and leave. That is the best and the safe way to avoid trouble. And even more so if some are under the influence. That only makes it worse. In the best intrest of his children I would think just leave and keep your mouth shut, better to be safe than sorry! The children had no choice in the matter, he did. You are so right, a big ole mess!

[lorettalockhorn]

One thing I don't understand is why the bond was so low. This is a guy who has relatively obvious control issues and who is already justifying his over-reaction toward strangers and the situation as self-defense. If he could get to his car to retrieve the gun, he could have gotten in it and driven away. Instead he chose to endanger the lives of dozens of people including his own children. Kinda wishing that the bond is a hopelessly amount for him to raise.

Sheesh HTF would he react to people that he does know and has a grudge against?

[hawgustusgloop]

One thing I don't understand is why the bond was so low. This is a guy who has relatively obvious control issues and who is already justifying his over-reaction toward strangers and the situation as self-defense. If he could get to his car to retrieve the gun, he could have gotten in it and driven away. Instead he chose to endanger the lives of dozens of people including his own children. Kinda wishing that the bond is a hopelessly amount for him to raise.

Sheesh HTF would he react to people that he does know and has a grudge against?

No kidding! I can't believe the judge didn't DENY him bond. It sure seems like this guy is completely out of control. I hope he or some idiot who is close to him does not have the resources to get him out. Few people would be more potentially dangerous to the general public.

[lorettalockhorn]

Today's Courier article:

http://couriernews.com/story.php?ID=18606

[upallnight]

One thing I don't understand is why the bond was so low. This is a guy who has relatively obvious control issues and who is already justifying his over-reaction toward strangers and the situation as self-defense. If he could get to his car to retrieve the gun, he could have gotten in it and driven away. Instead he chose to endanger the lives of dozens of people including his own children. Kinda wishing that the bond is a hopelessly amount for him to raise.

Sheesh HTF would he react to people that he does know and has a grudge against?

Good Point!:eek:

[lorettalockhorn]

Today's Courier article:

http://couriernews.com/story.php?ID=18614

[lorettalockhorn]

In yesterday's Courier:

RPD seeking rape suspect


Story date: June 20, 2008

Man believed to be 25-35 years old with tall, slender build
By Adam Franks
Reporter
Investigators with the Russellville Police Department are seeking a man for questioning in connection with an alleged forcible rape reported June 13.
Russellville Police Department spokesperson Joshua McMillian said the suspect is believed to be between the ages of 25-35, weighing between 125-150 pounds with a tall, slender build.
McMillian said the alleged incident, in connection with which officers responded to the emergency room at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, occurred sometime before 1 p.m. June 13 at a residence on East N Street.
No forced entry was apparent, McMillian said.
Anyone with information on the suspect or his whereabouts should contact the Russellville Police Department at 968-3232 or the Silent Partner Tip Line at 967-2221. All information will remain confidential.

http://couriernews.com/archivedstory.php?ID=18786

Interesting that the guy operates in daylight and was able to enter without evidence of forced entry.

[FDInLaw]

Thank you for posting this! Definitely alarming to say the least!!!

[lorettalockhorn]

This guy could be a serial rapist who has learned from his past mistakes and has perfected his MO. It really caught my attention because the victim didn't know him (there was a sketch along with the article). If Nona's murder was a sex crime gone from bad to worse, this guy's method could be similar to the "true killer's".

[FDInLaw]

This guy could be a serial rapist who has learned from his past mistakes and has perfected his MO. It really caught my attention because the victim didn't know him (there was a sketch along with the article). If Nona's murder was a sex crime gone from bad to worse, this guy's method could be similar to the "true killer's".Or. . . the true killer! :eek:

This is a situation worth watching IMO.

[SaraSidle]

Or. . . the true killer! :eek:

This is a situation worth watching IMO.

Please keep us updated ladies!

[FDInLaw]

Bond reduced for Piney Creek shooting suspect


Story date: June 24, 2008

Duvall released from custody Monday after posting requirements of bond
By Adam Franks
Reporter
A Russellville man arrested in connection with a May 24 shooting north of Dover was released Monday afternoon from the Pope County Detention Center after his bond was reduced from $500,000 to $25,000, a representative of the 5th Judicial District prosecutor’s office confirmed.
Patrick Paul Duvall, 29, allegedly shot and wounded four people during an altercation following a wedding near Piney Creek north of Dover, investigators with Pope County Sheriff’s Office indicated at a May 28 bond hearing. The incident sparking the violence has yet to be determined. All four victims survived.
The bride, Melissa Beavers, 35, was released from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences May 28 after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head, according to a May 30 article by Janie Ginocchio. Mike Beavers, 40, the groom, was shot in the jaw and neck and underwent reconstructive surgery. Russell Collins, a groomsman, was hit in the chest twice and released from St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center early in the week following the shooting, while an unidentified woman alleged to be Duvall’s fiancee sustained a minor wrist injury and was released from St. Mary’s on May 24. . .
http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=18811

[lorettalockhorn]

From the ArDemGaz:

Suspect in wedding shooting posts bail

The man acused of shooting four people at a May wedding includking the bride and the groom, posted bail Monday and was released from the Pope County Detention Center.
Patrick Paul DuVall 29, left the jail about 3:30 p.m. Monday, a county jailer said.
DuVall had been held in lieu of $500,000 bond since the May 24 shooting near Dover.
DuVall's bail was reduced to $25,000 at a Monday hearing, 5th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons said. DuVall had to post 10 percent of the bail, or $2,500, to be released.
At the same hearing, a scheduled arraignment was postponed until July 14 at Gibbons' request.
Gibbons said he needs more time to review investigators' casework, which he described as "voluminous."
DuVall now faces four counts of first-degree felony battery, but Gibbons said those charges could change.
Authorities said the shooting happened moments after Melissa Smith and Mike Beavers were married along Piney Creek in rural Pope County.
Smith has said that the shooting began after DuVall's dog started fighting with a dog belonging to her and Beavers.

[FDInLaw]

Oral arguments expected July 10 in Rylee suit


Story date: July 2, 2008

Judge expected to rule on defendants’ motion for summary judgment

By Mary Kincy Benefield
newseditor@couriernews.com
Attorneys for the city of Russellville, Pope County and the 11 remaining individual defendants specifically named in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed on behalf of Bobby Joe Rylee, who died at a Little Rock hospital five days after his arrest by Russellville Police Department (RPD) officers, will offer oral arguments in support of their motions for summary judgment in the case July 10 in Little Rock.
In keeping with the request, the judge assigned to the case filed in U.S. District Court must determine whether issues of material fact are in dispute that would necessitate a trial; if not, he or she may dispose of the case.
The suit was originally filed Sept. 18, 2006, alleging officers used “excessive force” in subduing Rylee the night of his arrest.
In an amended complaint, Krout’s attorneys contended Pope County corrections officers “engaged in, or permitted and encouraged other Pope County Detention Center employees to engage in the neglect and abuse of, and withholding of medical care from” Rylee by accepting him in the jail “when they knew or should have known that he needed to be taken to the hospital,” among other acts and omissions, according to a June 19, 2007 article by Janie Ginocchio.
Barring summary judgment, the case is currently set for trial Sept. 29 in Little Rock. . .


http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=18863

[FDInLaw]

story date: July 6, 2008

Two local officers complete crime scene technician certificate training
For the Courier
Detective Kenny Smith of the Pottsville Police Department and Sergeant Bill McGlothlin of the Pope County Sheriff’s Office graduated June 18 from the Crime Scene Technician Certificate Program (CSTCP) Session X at the Criminal Justice Institute, University of Arkansas System.
Both officers completed the six-month program by attending a three-day course each month, from January through June, at the institute. The program consisted of 133 hours of classroom instruction and covered major aspects of crime scene investigation, such as crime scene photography, latent print processing, impression evidence, biological and trace evidence, and crime scene sketching, note taking and report writing.
. . . To graduate from this program, officers were also required to demonstrate proficiency in processing an indoor and outdoor crime scene as well as a vehicle. Students were instructed, evaluated and mentored by arguably some of the best crime scene investigators in the country.
“The chiefs and sheriffs who nominated and supported their officers to attend this program should be commended for their investment, not only in their agency, but also the future safety of their community,” Jim Clark, director of the Criminal Justice Institute, said. “We are very grateful for the confidence law enforcement executives from across the state have expressed in this program.”
Hands-on exercises are the key to this course. Ensuring officers learn through actual participation in a classroom environment increases their ability to perform in real case situations. In a controlled classroom environment, officers were provided with the ‘how to’ information and then allowed to put that knowledge to work in simulated crime scenes and exercises where successes, as well as errors and mistakes, can be analyzed and different approaches to solving problems examined.
“A major emphasis in this program is placed on ensuring that the law enforcement officers participating in this unique program can recognize valuable physical evidence and appropriately secure, protect, document, collect and preserve that evidence,” Cheryl P. May, assistant director of the Criminal Justice Institute, said. “In doing so, our graduates can maximize the value of this evidence in a criminal investigation and, consequently, help improve the quality of life of the citizens they serve by solving more crime.”


http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=18892

(For complete article see link)

[lorettalockhorn]

This case is a cluster****

http://nwarktimes.com/adg/News/231398/

Today's Courier (site not updated yet) reported that the pre-trial hearing will be August 4.

[hawgustusgloop]

This case is a cluster****

http://nwarktimes.com/adg/News/231398/

Today's Courier (site not updated yet) reported that the pre-trial hearing will be August 4.

Indeed. And our friends at KFSM either screwed this up or they are trying to make a sick joke. Check out the last line:

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8678323

[lorettalockhorn]

Fidiots! They can't hire a proofreader?

[FDInLaw]

Indeed. And our friends at KFSM either screwed this up or they are trying to make a sick joke. Check out the last line:

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8678323LMBO! That's a classic! :rolleyes: :biggrin:






:seeya:

[SaraSidle]

Indeed. And our friends at KFSM either screwed this up or they are trying to make a sick joke. Check out the last line:

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8678323

they need to put that in their wedding album. how extroadinary!!!!!!!! IMO

[The R]

someone clue me in....did they correct the story?


I like the line in one article that says "alcohol was involved"

Ya think?



LOL,
R

[lorettalockhorn]

Yep, corrected some thirty-odd hours later:

DuVall's case has been assigned to Judge Dennis Sutterfield, who has not yet set a trial date.

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8678323

I'm guessing that's a big 10-4 on the alcohol. Just wondering if any BALs were administered. Or if any public intox citations were issued. It being a dry county and all. Wonder who drove these folks home.

[The R]

Yep, corrected some thirty-odd hours later:

DuVall's case has been assigned to Judge Dennis Sutterfield, who has not yet set a trial date.

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8678323

I'm guessing that's a big 10-4 on the alcohol. Just wondering if any BALs were administered. Or if any public intox citations were issued. It being a dry county and all. Wonder who drove these folks home.

LOL...good questions all. I'm figuring if they did BA levels on some of them they had to get it from blood at the hopsital. Too many folks in surgery/ER.

Maybe some of them inner-tubed home? :biggrin:


R

[The R]

Now mind you I'm as big a redneck as anybody, but this whole incident sounds eerily like the video game Redneck Rampage

Here's a description of the game:


"The plot revolves around two brothers, Leonard and Bubba, fighting through the fictional town of Hickston, USA (though the game is supposedly set in Arkansas, the highway signs in the first level of the first episode refer to Interstate 20 and US 71 which are in northwestern Louisiana), to rescue their prized pig Bessie and thwart an alien invasion. The brothers battle through such locales as a meat packing plant and a trailer park, and battle evil clones of their neighbors with weapons ranging from the traditional shotgun, to a gun that fires circular sawblades, to a crossbow that fires bolts with dynamite strapped to them. Another favorite was the .454 Casull revolver. An add-on to the game was the "Cuss Pack" which added stronger language to the game's audio."

Just replace the pig with a dog fight and well......


ALLMO,
R

[lorettalockhorn]

Lawsy!!!!

[FDInLaw]

Woman found dead at Parker Road residence

Story date: July 23, 2008

Officers with the Russellville Police Department (RPD) discovered the body of a middle-aged white female Monday after responding to a call regarding an unattended death at a residence on Parker Road.
A neighbor found the body — which was sent to the State Crime Lab in Little Rock — Monday afternoon, RPD Public Information Officer Joshua McMillian said. An investigation by the RPD is currently underway. . .

http://www.couriernews.com/story.php?ID=19020

[ifIwereU]

Yep, corrected some thirty-odd hours later:

DuVall's case has been assigned to Judge Dennis Sutterfield, who has not yet set a trial date.

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8678323

I'm guessing that's a big 10-4 on the alcohol. Just wondering if any BALs were administered. Or if any public intox citations were issued. It being a dry county and all. Wonder who drove these folks home.
the ambulance

[lorettalockhorn]

Hey U! :seeya:

My question referred to the intoxicated witnesses. By all (or most) accounts, it would seem that there were any number of people on the scene who were drinking (illegally).

[FDInLaw]

Hey U! :seeya:

My question referred to the intoxicated witnesses. By all (or most) accounts, it would seem that there were any number of people on the scene who were drinking (illegally).

I think U was just being a joker lol! :hat:

[lorettalockhorn]

Actually, I was being somewhat facetious myself. I suppose it's possible that the officers did administer BALs and/or kept everyone around to answer questions until they had time to sober up, or gave people rides home, or allowed them to call for sober drivers.

[SaraSidle]

Or borrowed a school bus. Or the minister if he was sober took them all home one by one after they had been interrogated. IMO:rolleyes:

[hawgustusgloop]

http://www.kfsm.com/global/story.asp?s=8768023

[FDInLaw]

http://www.kfsm.com/global/story.asp?s=8768023This was on the morning news here. :(

[FDInLaw]

LOL...good questions all. I'm figuring if they did BA levels on some of them they had to get it from blood at the hopsital. Too many folks in surgery/ER.

Maybe some of them inner-tubed home? :biggrin:


R
How did I miss this comment??? CLASSIC! :hat: I love it! :beer:

[One2Snoop]

Bump

[FDInLaw]

Loretta is having a hard time getting on this site, so she wrote and asked me to post this for her:

I didn't find a link in the NW Arkansas edition, but then again, I barely know how to use their site. LOL

Attack suspect faces new charge
Intoxication case filed on man accused in wedding shooting
JOHNSON -- A man accused of shooting four people at a wedding in rural Pope County, including the bride and groom, has been arrested by polie after a domestic disturbance, authorities said Saturday.
Patrick Paul Duvall, 29, of Russellville faces a public intoxication charge after Johnson police officiers arrested him Saturday morning.
Duvall posted a $175 bond and was later released from the Washington ounty jail.
In May, police say Duvall got into an altercation with some of the 50 people attending a wedding along Piney Creek, known in the community as a good place to picnic or swim on a hot day. Duvall apparently opened fire with a 9mm pistol without knowing the bride or groon, both of whom suffered gunshot wounds during the attack.
Family members of the wedding party blamed the shooting on a dispute over the dogs they had along the for the ceremony. Pope County sheriff's investigator Stephen Pack later testified that Duvall told him the fight started after his fiancee told him she saw a couple engaged in a "lewd act" at the creek.
Pack said Duvall feared for his life and admitted to shooting at those in the wedding party. Him Robb, a lawyer representing Duvall, has said his client is an Iraq war veteran who suffers fromn post-traumatic stress disorder.
Duvall faces four counts of first-degree felony battery in the the shooting. His bond had beeb set a $5000,000, but a circuit judge later reduced it to $25,000.
It was unlear whether Duvall's arrest Saturday would affect his bond in Pope County. No one answered a number listed for the prosecutor's office Sunday. A number for Duvall could not be immediately found.

[SaraSidle]

Loretta is having a hard time getting on this site, so she wrote and asked me to post this for her:

Somebody needs to do something with this guy. Get him help or keep him locked up. What else is going to happen?

[lorettalockhorn]

Maybe our judge will now reconsider his ridiculous reduction in bail/bond.

[SaraSidle]

Maybe our judge will now reconsider his ridiculous reduction in bail/bond.

Only time will tell loretta.

[hawgustusgloop]

http://www.kfsm.com/global/story.asp?s=8785053

[FDInLaw]

http://www.kfsm.com/global/story.asp?s=8785053
:eek: Me thinks, this pic MUST be from the day he went nuts at the wedding??? Looks like he was literally hit with an ugly stick!. . . :chicken:

And we gave Kevin a hard time. :o :no:

[upallnight]

:eek: Me thinks, this pic MUST be from the day he went nuts at the wedding??? Looks like he was literally hit with an ugly stick!. . . :chicken:

And we gave Kevin a hard time. :o :no:

LOL! :seeya:

[lorettalockhorn]

Yesterday's Atkins Chronicle had an article about Duvall being arrested in NW Arkansas and the last paragraph reads:

Pope County Prosecutor David Gibbons told The Chronicle Monday that Pope County does not intend to revoke the bail unless Duvall is charged with a felony.

[hawgustusgloop]

Yesterday's Atkins Chronicle had an article about Duvall being arrested in NW Arkansas and the last paragraph reads:

Pope County Prosecutor David Gibbons told The Chronicle Monday that Pope County does not intend to revoke the bail unless Duvall is charged with a felony.

Wow. Perhaps it should be edited to say "until" he is charged with a felony. What does this guy have to do to stay locked up? IF this guy was drinking (does anyone know?) before the shooting incident, I wonder why the judge didn't require Duvall to abstain from alcohol use as a condition of bail? Didn't Kevin Jones have a drug/alcohol testing requirement? Why wasn't there one for this loose cannon?

[FDInLaw]

Wow. Perhaps it should be edited to say "until" he is charged with a felony. What does this guy have to do to stay locked up? IF this guy was drinking (does anyone know?) before the shooting incident, I wonder why the judge didn't require Duvall to abstain from alcohol use as a condition of bail? Didn't Kevin Jones have a drug/alcohol testing requirement? Why wasn't there one for this loose cannon? Excellent point. . . this is a real head shaker!!!

[SaraSidle]

Duvall could have easily killed someone at the wedding. In fact it is a miracle they survived. I guess I see it as a felony but maybe this is just me. or maybe Duvall has connections we do not know about. IMO

[FDInLaw]

Yesterday's Atkins Chronicle had an article about Duvall being arrested in NW Arkansas and the last paragraph reads:

Pope County Prosecutor David Gibbons told The Chronicle Monday that Pope County does not intend to revoke the bail unless Duvall is charged with a felony.
http://admin.iadsnetwork.com/images/pdf/pdfs/17197.pdf

[hawgustusgloop]

TV Show To Fete Unsolved Killing
Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:10 AM CDT
By Amy Sherrill

TIMES RECORD • ASHERRILL@SWTIMES.COM

An unsolved local homicide will get national attention later this month when “America’s Most Wanted” films an episode in the city that the U.S. Marshals Service Museum will call home.

John Walsh of “America’s Most Wanted” will be in town Sept. 26 to celebrate the 219th anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service. While here he wanted to look at a cold case and the Fort Smith Police Department suggested the unsolved homicide of Melissa “Missy” Witt, said Lance Heflin, executive producer at “America’s Most Wanted” and a member of the U.S. Marshals Museum Board.

“We decided while we’re there let’s try and find a case somewhere that’s not getting any attention and bring some life to it,” Heflin said. “And we ended up with the Witt story.”

Witt, a 19-year-old college student, was abducted from the parking lot of Bowling World on Dec. 1, 1994, according to police. Earlier that day, Witt had gone to school at Westark Community College and then to lunch with a male friend.
She later dropped him off somewhere and went to work at Dr. T.D. Jennings’ office at No. 7 Boston Square, according to previous Times Record articles.

When Witt got off work at 5 p.m. she went to her vehicle, a Mitsubishi Mirage, and discovered her battery was dead.

A man at a nearby office saw her and jumped her battery, which got Witt’s vehicle started at about 5:45 p.m.

From there, Witt traveled to her mother’s residence on the north side of town where the two lived.

She changed clothes, left them in a pile, and traveled in her vehicle across town to Bowling World to meet her mother, Mary Ann Witt, who bowled in a league there.

She never made it inside.

Someone found Witt’s car keys in the parking lot the night she disappeared and turned them in to the bowling alley.

A small amount of blood was found on the keys, according to police.

The disappearance sparked a massive search effort. Thousands of fliers and bumper stickers with Witt’s picture and description were distributed throughout the area.

Three days later, Witt’s vehicle was found in the bowling alley’s parking lot.

Her body was discovered by a hunter about six weeks later on Jan. 13, 1995, in a wooded area at Turner Bend in Franklin County. Authorities have interviewed more than 300 potential suspects in the case.

Producers at America’s Most Wanted are researching the case through various phone interviews, according to Diana Nolan, who works on the Fox network show.

Capt. Chris Boyd and Sgt. Levi Risley of the Fort Smith Police Department and Jay C. Rider, an Alcoholic Beverage Control enforcement agent who worked the case for several years before retiring from the Police Department in 2002, have been interviewed, Nolan said.

The Arkansas State Police also has an open file on the Witt case. Witt was kidnapped from Fort Smith, but authorities believe she was killed in Franklin County. The two agencies have worked together on the case in the past.

The episode will air on a Saturday in October or November, and it will have an Arkansas theme with a couple of other Arkansas-related cases, including a jail escape and a capture of a wanted felon who was driving through Arkansas, according to Heflin.

“You never know, after a certain amount of time you can actually crack these things just because time has passed,” Heflin said. “People all of sudden remember things. They’re not afraid to say things anymore. They felt guilty and they want to come forward.”

Rider said he’s hoping the show will help bring in the right leads.

He added that Police Department officials want to solve the case as much as he does.

“There may be some evidence that has not been presented before to the public released on this show,” Rider said. “It’s the type of evidence that if somebody does know about it they’re going to be able to point us in the right direction. It’s a crucial piece of evidence. It’s going to lead us to the right guy.”

Witt’s mother, Mary Ann Witt, 73, of Fort Smith, said Wednesday that she received a call from Boyd about her daughter’s case airing on America’s Most Wanted and she is hopeful it will bring new leads for investigators.

“I’m hopeful that maybe they can do something about it,” Witt said. “I want to know what happened and aside from that I keep thinking what if this was a serial killer of some sort and he’s going across the nation just free as a bird doing the same thing over and over.”

Mary Ann Witt agonizes over her daughter’s death and said it is beyond her understanding of why someone would attack her daughter so viciously and kill her.

“She was stubborn and mischievous and a delight to be around,” Witt said. “She loved everybody. And she was just going about her life.”

http://www.swtimes.com/articles/2008/09/11/news/news01.txt

[lorettalockhorn]

Interesting that her keys were found that night, but the car wasn't found until three days later. Did they say how she was killed? Did I miss that?

RIP Melissa. For Mrs. Witt's sake, I hope this helps solve the mystery.

Thanks Hawg.

[lorettalockhorn]

Local man awaiting trial dies in accident

Victim had been charged with four counts of battery in conection with Dover shooting

A Russellville man awaiting trial on charges of battery died Thursday in a traffic accident in Crawford County, according to a preliminary fatal crash summary by the Arkansas State Police.

Patrick P. Duvall, 30, was headed southbound on Interstate 540 in a 1989 Chevrolet Camaro when he traveled off the roadway and over a guard rail, overturned several times and was ejected from the vehicle, which came to rest below a bridge.

On July 14, 2008, Duvall was charged with four counts of battery after being linked with the shooting of four individuals at a wedding, including the bride and groom. His trial date had been scheduled for April 8, 9 and 10.

According to court documents, Pope County Sheriff deputies responded to a shooting May 24, 2008, at Low Water Bridge on Rushing Road. Upon arrival, deputies observed four victims with gunshot wounds.

Witnesses advised the deputies the shooter had left the area in a red pickup truck. The Russellville Police Department observed the suspect vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and initiated a traffic stop. The driver was identified as Duvall.

Witnesses advised authorities a disturbance between Duvall and others at the scene led to Duvall retrieving a 9mm handgun from his truck and firing it several times, causing serious physical injury to Melissa Beavers with a gunshot wound to the forehead; Michael Beavers, who sustained a gunshot wound to the facial area; Russell Collins, with two gunshot wounds to the chest area; and Tammy Tuttle, with a gunshot wound to the arm.

(No link; typos are mine.)
Nancy Park, Meissa Beavers' soster, said the Beavers family has more than $1 million in medical bills as a result of the shooting."They're both maimed for the rest of their life," she said Friday in an interview. "Neither one of them are able to work anymore. Taxpayers like you and I are going to have to pay their medical bills."

Court documents indicated Duvall gave a statement to authorities admitting he remembered shooting the firearm several times.

[lorettalockhorn]

Patrick Paul Duvall, 30, of Russellville died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, in Crawford County.

He was born Feb. 3, 1979, in Bad-Kreuznach, Germany, and was preceded in death by his father, Paul L. Duvall. He was a member of the 1st Company 206 39th Infantry of the Arkansas Army National Guard and attended Bells Chapel Assembly of God Church. Patrick will always be remembered as a loving son, a great dad, a beloved friend and brother and a respected soldier who served his country with honor. His motto in life: "It's all good." Patrick loved the outdoors and always shared his adventures with his children and niece and nephews. He will be greatly missed by all who loved him.

He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Helga and Gene Farmer of Russellville; two children, Nicholas and Laurali Duvall of Indianan; a brother, John Duvall of Russellville; two sisters, Tanja Duvall of Russellville and Jeanette Duvall=Trautmann of Germany; two half-sisters, Paula Duvall and Denise Moore of Texas.

Graveside service and military burial will be a 2 p.m. onday in Shiloh Cemetery with the Rev. Chad Duvall officiating. Arrangements are by Lemley Funeral Service.

Online guestbook and obituary are available at www.lemleyfuneral.com.

(No link; typos are mine.)

[FDInLaw]

Thank you for the update, Loretta! :seeya:

[SaraSidle]

Patrick Paul Duvall, 30, of Russellville died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, in Crawford County.

He was born Feb. 3, 1979, in Bad-Kreuznach, Germany, and was preceded in death by his father, Paul L. Duvall. He was a member of the 1st Company 206 39th Infantry of the Arkansas Army National Guard and attended Bells Chapel Assembly of God Church. Patrick will always be remembered as a loving son, a great dad, a beloved friend and brother and a respected soldier who served his country with honor. His motto in life: "It's all good." Patrick loved the outdoors and always shared his adventures with his children and niece and nephews. He will be greatly missed by all who loved him.

He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Helga and Gene Farmer of Russellville; two children, Nicholas and Laurali Duvall of Indianan; a brother, John Duvall of Russellville; two sisters, Tanja Duvall of Russellville and Jeanette Duvall=Trautmann of Germany; two half-sisters, Paula Duvall and Denise Moore of Texas.

Graveside service and military burial will be a 2 p.m. onday in Shiloh Cemetery with the Rev. Chad Duvall officiating. Arrangements are by Lemley Funeral Service.

Online guestbook and obituary are available at www.lemleyfuneral.com.

(No link; typos are mine.)


Oh my goodness Loretta. how strange and bizarre. Do you think it may have been suicide? sara

[lorettalockhorn]

Oh my goodness Loretta. how strange and bizarre. Do you think it may have been suicide? sara

Doesn't seem like a very surefire method of suicide. Can't find the crash report on the ASP website, so don't know about contributing factors like speeding, weather, alcohol, etc.

Did find this, and the Beaverses have amazing attitudes:

http://www.fox16.com/mostpopular/story/Bride-groom-gunman-killed-in-accident/ZHtGq71RvkSHHKKYGNi-JA.cspx

You have to empathize with both families; Duvall's children have lost their father, a mother has lost her son, and none of the family will ever see him exonerated.

And on the other hand, the Beavers are faced with huge medical bills, no income and no way to get restitution through the courts unless they sue Duvall's estate.

[Mommyto2]

Since it was brought up do we have a thread for Melissa Witt or Morgan Nick?

[FDInLaw]

Since it was brought up do we have a thread for Melissa Witt or Morgan Nick?
There is a thread for Morgan Nick:

http://boards.crimelibrary.com/showthread.php?t=290546

I'm not sure about the other girl.