Deputies responding to a Sunday morning report of shots fired in Saline County found a body near Arkansas 70, authorities said.
Lt. Jeffrey Silk of the Saline County sheriff’s office said deputies were dispatched in response to the call around 8:30 a.m.
Deputies found a “lifeless” body in the 18000 block of the highway near the Saline/Garland County line, Silk said, noting the body was found outside on private property.
Authorities did not identify the person or release a cause of death.
Silk said the investigation is ongoing.