North Little Rock man faces charges after Friday night shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 wounded

The lights of a police vehicle are shown in a June 24, 2021 AP file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The lights of a police vehicle are shown in a June 24, 2021 AP file photo. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


A North Little Rock man faces multiple felony charges in a Friday shooting that left one person dead and three more wounded after a domestic dispute, a Saturday news release from North Little Rock police stated.

Officers arrested James Booker, 46, on Friday in the shooting death of Santana Reyna-Martinez, 33, who was found dead in the 100 block of Curtis Sykes Drive around 6 p.m. Friday, the release states.

Police located Reyna-Martinez shot in the back of the head, neck, upper back and abdomen near a vehicle parked on the curb outside the Fun Wash at 116 Curtis Sykes Drive, an arrest report for Booker states.

Investigators linked Booker to three other shooting victims, one of whom had been released from a hospital Saturday. The others were in stable condition, police said.

The arrest report states that one victim, a man, had been shot in the face, while a second woman was shot in the abdomen and left forearm and a third woman was shot in the abdomen.

Detectives think all of the people involved knew each other and that the shooting started as a result of an “argument during a domestic incident,” the release states. A police dog was able to locate Booker in an abandoned house on North Magnolia Street, less than a half-mile from the scene of the shooting, according to the release.

Booker faces one count of capital murder, three counts of attempted capital murder, one count of being a felon with a gun and four counts of committing a terroristic act, the release states. He was being held in the Pulaski County jail on Saturday with no bond listed, an online inmate roster showed.

This story has been updated with details about the shootings.

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