JUNE 4, 2020
The Arkansas State Police is investigating the death an Alexander
Police Officer, Scott Hutton, 36, of Bryant.
Saline
County Sheriff’s Deputies were sent to the 15000
block of Evergreen in Alexander about 7:12 PM (Wednesday, June 3rd)
where they found Hutton wounded by a gunshot and lying outside the
residence. Life saving measures were being administered to Hutton by
an Alexander police officer.
Hutton
was transported to a Little Rock hospital where physicians pronounced
him
dead.
According
to the press release two
people who were at the residence at the time of the shooting have
been questioned by state police special agents assigned to the
department’s Criminal Investigation Division. One of the
individuals is an Alexander police officer.
Hutton’s
body has been transported to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory
where the manner and cause of death will be determined.
The
state police investigation is continuing and upon being completed
will be presented to the prosecuting attorney of jurisdiction to
determine whether any criminal charge should be filed or if the
shooting was accidental.
Earlier
reports indicated the unnamed second officer has been placed on paid administrative leave.
This
is a developing story.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The Arkansas State Police are investigating what’s being called an
accidental shooting that killed an Alexander police officer.
According to reports the incident occurred around 7:30 PM on
Wednesday June 3.
Police are saying the officer was shot when a fellow Alexander
officer accidentally discharged their weapon. That officer has been
placed on administrative leave.
This is a developing story.
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