A Pine Bluff, AR, officer was injured when the officer's patrol vehicle was struck by gunfire.Pine Bluff Police Department
A Pine Bluff, AR, police officer sustained minor injuries Thursday when the officer’s patrol vehicle came under fire at an apartment complex. The shooting happened exactly three years after the department lost Detective Kevin D. Collins, who was fatally shot by a homicide suspect from Georgia at a local hotel.
The name of the officer injured Thursday has not been released, but Sgt. Deshawn Bennett said in a press release that the officer only sustained minor injuries and had not been shot.
In addition to the patrol vehicle, other vehicles parked at the apartment complex were damaged by gunshots. At least 26 shell casings were counted with evidence markers on the parking lot, reported the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Pine Bluff detectives arrested 24-year-old, Quantarious Sission, and he was charged with:
· Attempted capital murder
· Possession of a firearm by certain persons
· Terroristic act
· Engaging in a violent criminal act
Police said they also identified 26-year-old Chaderious Avery. Once located and arrested, he will be charged with:
· Attempted capital murder
· Possession of a firearm by certain persons
· Terroristic act
· Engaging in violent criminal act
Anniversary of Duty Death
Three years prior, on Oct. 5, 2020, Collins was shot and killed as he and two other officers were conducting an investigation at a local hotel. He had served with the Pine Bluff Police Department for five years.
Police said 19-year-old Keshone Quantarious Smith, who had been wanted on robbery and murder charges in Conyers, GA, was the shooter that killed Collins.
