Criminal charges have been filed against two men and a woman accused of a fatal drive-by shooting in Ashdown, Ark.
The charges, filed in the Little River County Circuit Clerk's Office, include accomplice to second-degree murder, first-degree battery and unauthorized discharge of a firearm from a vehicle.
The charges have been filed against Joshua King, 20; Brady Winship, 19; Tenescha Wilkerson, 18; and a juvenile, all of Sevier County, Ark.
The arrest affidavit-documents justifying the arrests-is expected to be filed with the court Tuesday.
The suspects are accused of fatally shooting Desmond Smith, 19, and wounding Samari Covington, 19, both of Ashdown.
The shooting is considered gang-related, 9th Circuit Prosecutor Bryan Chesshir said.
The 911 call about the shooting on Washington Street in Ashdown was made about 1 a.m. Sunday.
"According to initial reports, several persons in a red Dodge Charger came by a Washington Street house looking for one of the residents.They were told to leave by a relative who suspected they were there to fight," Police Chief Mark Ardwin said.
Desmond Smith and Samari Covington went out to the vehicle. Multiple shots were fired from the vehicle, striking both men and two parked cars. The Charger then drove away.
A witness named one of the car's occupants.
Officers recovered several 9 mm shell casings at the scene and notified surrounding law enforcement agencies.
The suspect vehicle was stopped by Sevier County Sheriff's Office deputies and a De Queen police officer several hours later near De Queen, Ark., Ardwin said.
The four occupants of the car were taken into custody without incident.
King is being housed in the Little River County jail, while Winship and Wilkerson remain in custody in the Sevier County jail. The juvenile is being held in the White River Detention Center near Batesville, Ark.
