Arkansas boy, 16, charged in slaying

JONESBORO -- Authorities charged a 16-year-old boy with capital murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a Jonesboro woman, and a prosecutor said he will charge the youth as an adult.

Police arrested Austin Dalton Ivy on Monday evening after they say he shot Alicia Carr, 21, in the head after an altercation with two other people earlier that day.

According to an arrest affidavit filed in Craighead County District Court, Carr drove two youths to Ivy's home on North Allis Street where they confronted him about the theft of a .45-caliber handgun.

As the two left, Ivy followed them and fired several shots at the two youths and at the car, the affidavit said. One round struck Carr in the head. The two youths ran from the car, and Ivy shot at them, the affidavit said.

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Medical personnel transported Carr to St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro where she died later Monday.

It is the first homicide in 2017 in the Craighead County city of 71,551.

Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington of Jonesboro said he will charge Ivy as an adult under a state law that allows prosecutors to charge those who cause a death by shooting at a vehicle with capital murder.

State Desk on 03/30/2017

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