PINE BLUFF -- A man was fatally shot Wednesday after an argument on his front porch with his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, police said.
Police found James Murry, 44, of Pine Bluff lying on his front porch with a single gunshot wound in his head. Police were dispatched at 12:21 p.m. to Murry's residence at 315 W. 15th St., according to Lt. David De Foor of the Pine Bluff Police Department.
Murry was taken to Jefferson Regional Medical Center but died around 1:30 p.m. before emergency workers could airlift him to UAMS Medical Center in Little Rock, De Foor said.
Police detained Aaron Crift, 34, of Pine Bluff in the shooting. Crift, also known as "KC," was being interviewed by police Wednesday evening and had not been charged.
A witness told police that Murry had been arguing with his ex-girlfriend earlier in the day before Crift, the woman's new boyfriend, went to Murry's house, De Foor said.
"Apparently the argument was about clothing and other property the ex-girlfriend still had inside Murry's residence," De Foor said.
The witness told police that Murry went outside to talk to Crift. The witness said he heard a "pop," and when he went to see what was happening he saw Murry lying on the porch bleeding with Crift standing over him holding a pistol, the report said.
Another witness told officers the gunman had left in a white Jeep SUV headed west on 15th Street..
Detective Mike Sweeney saw the vehicle traveling west on 14th Street and pulled it over, the release said. Crift jumped out of the vehicle and ran into a residence in the 1200 block of West 14th Street, police said.
Crift was apprehended without incident inside the home, De Foor said.
Police also detained Murry's ex-girlfriend for questioning, De Foor said.
Murry's death is the fifth homicide in Pine Bluff this year and the second this week.
Allen Lee Lampkin, 49, of Pine Bluff was found dead in a vehicle just after 4 a.m. Monday outside a barbecue restaurant in the 1400 block of South Blake Street. Lampkin died of gunshot wounds, police said.
State Desk on 06/23/2016