A 19-year-old has been arrested in the Friday shooting death of a 42-year-old man in Pope County.
The Pope County sheriff's office responded to a call of a shooting Friday afternoon in the area off Oak Meadows Road in Dover.
In a news release Saturday morning, the agency identified Ronald Dean Esserman Jr. of Dover as the victim.
Authorities said Nathaniel Z. Symonds of Dover was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Esserman's death.
Symonds was being held Saturday in the Pope County jail, the release said.
A court hearing was set for Monday morning.
Dover, a town of 1,387 residents, is about 10 miles north of Russellville.
Metro on 03/19/2017