2 negros wanted for killing Helena-West Helena, Arkansas officer captured by U.S. Marshals

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Two suspects wanted for killing Arkansas officer captured by U.S. Marshals



Updated November 13 at 10:08 AM

ARKANSAS (WMC) - The man wanted for killing a police officer in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas has been captured.

Investigators said Latarius Howard, 29, and Bruce Hillie, 24, were taken into custody Friday morning by U.S. Marshals. Officials said Hillie and Howard were arrested in Indianola, Mississippi.

Howard has been charged with capital murder. Hillie was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the incident, according to investigators.



Officers pulled over a maroon SUV where it was believed Howard was a passenger on Thursday night.

Chief James Smith told WMC the passenger got out and started shooting, killing one officer but not injuring another.

That officer was trying to apprehend Howard for a previous shooting offense. Officials have not identified the officer killed.

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Arkansas police officer killed in shooting; 2 arrested

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. - Police have captured two men in connection with the fatal shooting of an Arkansas officer during a car stop late Thursday, including the suspect who is accused of opening fire, according to officials.

Officers and agents from the U.S. Marshals Service, Arkansas State Police and other law enforcement partners captured Latarius Quayshun Howard, who also goes by the name “L.T. Truitt,” and his alleged "getaway driver" in Mississippi, Arkansas State Police confirmed on Friday. Howard was taken into custody in Shaw, Miss., shortly before 6 a.m. and was charged with capital murder, police said.

Meanwhile, 24-year-old Bruce Hillie, who was with Howard at the time of the Thursday night shooting, was arrested in Indianola, Miss., and was charged with hindering apprehension, police said.

Helena-West Helena officers stopped an SUV on Thursday night when Howard, 29, got out and opened fire, fatally striking one officer, who was later identified as 41-year-old Travis C. Wallace.