NEWPORT, Ark. (KATV) – Authorities are investigating after a 1-year-old child was found fatally shot in Newport.
According to Jonesboro television station KAIT (http://is.gd/l4THZN), the shooting was reported around 3 a.m. Wednesday in Newport.
Brant Tosh with Arkansas State Police says the 1-year-old was shot and killed and a woman was critically injured.
Authorities say the woman told police that she was shot multiple times through the door of her home. The infant was pronounced dead at a local hospital and the woman was airlifted to another hospital in critical condition.
Tosh says detectives are conducting interviews and that a suspect has been detained.
as reported by KATV
