PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Four people are injured after a shooting in Pine Bluff Friday.
The incident happened in a Stop and Shop parking lot at 1100 West 16th Avenue.
Authorities said they responded to the scene around 6:49 p.m. and found multiple shell casings on the ground in front of a barbershop.
According to police, witnesses said the shooter and another person were inside the barbershop when one of the men exited to grab a gun. Shortly after, the other man walked out of the barbershop and shot the weapon multiple times toward the Stop and Shop, hitting numerous vehicles.
The Pine Bluff Police Department said a 77-year-old woman, a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old man are in stable but critical condition, while a 16-year-old boy is in stable condition.
Officers arrested a 15-year-old boy while on the scene. He is booked in the Jack Jones Juvenile Detention Center on four counts of battery in the first degree, two counts of committing a terroristic act, one count of being a minor in possession of a firearm and one count of tampering with evidence.
The second man in the barbershop, 20-year-old Joesph Westmoreland, who detectives believed fired the gun, turned himself in around 12:40 a.m. on Aug. 12.
Westmoreland was booked in at W.C. Dub Brassell Detention Center on four counts of battery in the first degree and two counts of committing a terroristic act.
The motive for the shooting is undetermined at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident has been asked to call the Pine Bluff detective office tip line at (870) 730-2106, the detective office at (870) 730-2090 and ask for Detective Corey Wilfong or the dispatch center at (870) 541-5300.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing. We are working to gather additional information and will update you as soon as it becomes available.