FAYETTEVILLE -- A suspect in a Forrest City shooting death was arrested here late Wednesday after police said he punched and threatened to kill a witness for cooperating with investigators, according to a preliminary police report.
CORRECTION
The headline on an earlier version of this story did not include indicate the source of the report, which was the police. The headline has been corrected.
Bruce Heard, 25, of 128 Eula Ave. in Forrest City was arrested on Curtis Avenue in connection with intimidating a witness, first-degree terroristic threatening, third-degree domestic battery and endangering the welfare of a minor. He also is wanted in connection with first-degree murder, said Lt. Eric Varner, an investigator with the Forrest City Police Department.
Heard is a suspect in the Feb. 12 shooting death of Lavance Robinson, 35, Varner said. A woman found Robinson's body face down, Varner said. Robinson had been shot multiple times, police said previously.
Fayetteville police said Heard went to an apartment about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday where he confronted a woman who gave Forrest City police a recording that "incriminated Heard for murder," according to the preliminary report.
Heard grabbed her phone and punched her when she refused to unlock it, according to the report. During the confrontation, a Forrest City investigator called and spoke to Heard on speaker phone, according to the report. Heard was yelling at the woman "that she was the reason he was going to jail," the investigator told Fayetteville police.
The woman left the apartment, Heard followed her and threatened to kill her, according to the preliminary report.
Fayetteville police arrested Heard about 11:45 p.m. without incident, according to the report.
Heard was at the Washington County Detention Center on Thursday with a $1 million bond and a $10,000 bond.
Heard is expected to be transported to Forrest City after a hearing this morning, Varner said.