Arkansas corrections officer shot dead while booking suspect

2 years ago

Perry County news, Arkansas news.

An Arkansas corrections officer was fatally shot inside a Perryville jail while booking an armed suspect, police said Thursday.

37-year-old Roderick Lewis was busted for drug and paraphernalia possession by Perry County Sheriff’s deputies and was brought to the facility where Officer Jeremiah Story, 21, worked.

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  • “Story was shot with a pistol as he stood in a bathroom where the inmate was changing out of civilian clothes into jail-issued attire,” Arkansas State Police said in a statement.

    “The gun reportedly used by Lewis was one he possessed when he arrived at the jail in the custody of local sheriff’s deputies.”

    Following Story’s death at a local hospital, Lewis was charged with capital murder in addition to the original drug-related offenses.