CORNING -- A Corning man faces charges after police said he fatally shot another man during an altercation Sunday, Clay County Sheriff Terry Miller said.
Bryan Curtis, 45, is being held in the Clay County jail in Piggott pending charges by 2nd Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington. Curtis is accused of shooting to death James Edward Prater III, 56, of Corning.
Prater was at the home of his girlfriend's sister on Sixth Street in Corning on Sunday afternoon when he began arguing with the brother-in-law of the girlfriend's sister, Miller said.
"Somehow, Curtis got involved in the argument," Miller said.
The two men did not know each other, the sheriff said.
Curtis shot Prater with a .357 Magnum handgun, Miller said.
Prater was pronounced dead at the home, Miller said.
Miller said he asked the Arkansas State Police to help with the investigation. It is the first homicide this year in the Clay County town of 3,377.
State Desk on 06/14/2016