Dumas man held in 2 teens' slayings

DUMAS -- A 32-year-old Dumas man was arrested early Friday on two counts of capital murder in the shooting deaths of two 18-year-old men.

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Dumas Police Department investigator Chuck Blevins said Vernyell Yarquis Mosby was being held in the Desha County jail in the killings of Kentarrious Racces Madden and Michael Shawn Reeves, both of Dumas. No bail has been set.

Blevins said Madden and Reeves were found dead at a residence on Evergreen Street, each with one gunshot wound to the head.

Mosby was arrested inside the residence a short time after the bodies were found, Blevins said.

The investigator said a motive has not yet been determined, adding that Mosby was "being cooperative" in the investigation.

The Arkansas State Police is assisting in the case.

State Desk on 06/13/2015

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