An Arkansas man was fatally shot Thursday in Missouri, authorities said, and a suspect in the killing is in custody.
Twenty-five-year-old Henry Bridgeford is jailed without bond on one count of first-degree murder in the death of Christian Zigmunt, 22, of Bella Vista, Arkansas.
Bridgeford also is charged with armed criminal action and two counts of kidnapping. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.
McDonald County Sheriff Michael Hall said there apparently were “words exchanged” at the party and that Bridgeford “became agitated" as the man who hosted the get-together gave him a ride early Thursday.
Investigators believe Bridgeford shot Zigmunt in the vehicle and then forced the host and another witness to drive around for half an hour before dumping the body alongside a country road.
Hall said the witnesses dropped Bridgeford off at his house and headed straight to the sheriff's office. The “still shaken” men then told law enforcement where they could find the body, Hall said.
The sheriff's office hasn't determined a motive or what the men may have argued about.