Charges expected Tuesday in fatal drive-by shooting

Three suspects accused in a fatal drive-by shooting could be charged Tuesday when they return to the 9th Judicial District Court in Ashdown, Ark.

Three adults, Joshua King, 20, Brady Winship, 19, and Tenescha Wilkerson, 18, and a juvenile were arrested several hours after two Ashdown teens were shot early July 16, Ashdown Police Chief Mark Ardwin said. Desmond Smith, 19, died of a gunshot wound to the chest. Samari Covington, 19, was wounded in the arm. Ninth Circuit Prosecutor Bryan Chesshir said the shootings were gang related and described the investigation as "complicated."

Police were dispatched to the Washington Street home around 1 a.m.

According to initial reports, several people in a red Dodge Charger drove by the home looking for someone. A relative who suspected the group was there to fight told them to leave, Ardwin said.

Smith and Covington went out to the vehicle. Shots were fired from the vehicle, striking both men and two parked cars, officials said. The Charger then drove away.

A witness named one of the car's alleged occupants.

Officers recovered 9 mm shell casings at the scene and notified surrounding law enforcement agencies.

The suspected 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 held 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

Circuit Judge Tom Cooper ordered the suspects to return to court Tuesday

The arrest affidavit-documents justifying the arrests-is expected to be filed with the court by then.

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