BLYTHEVILLE -- A Blytheville man surrendered to police Tuesday and faces a first-degree murder charge in the May 12 shooting death of Raymond Smith.
Capt. Scott Adams, commander of the Blytheville Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division, said Treyon Peel, 20, turned himself in at the Police Department about 3:15 p.m. He will be arraigned in Blytheville District Court, Adams said.
Police said Peel fatally shot Smith, 21, of Blytheville in the chest about 5:15 p.m. May 12 while Smith was in his car in west Blytheville.
Adams said Smith drove a few blocks before his vehicle struck a utility pole at 16th and West Rose streets and stopped in a vacant lot near the True Gospel Missionary Baptist Church.
Medical personnel took Smith to Great River Medical Center in Blytheville, where he died.
State Desk on 06/03/2015