WARD, Ark. — According to the Ward Police Department, a homicide investigation is underway after officers reported to "a possible sexual assault between a woman and her ex-husband" that had taken place the night before on May 12.
Police met with the victim in a home near where the assault allegedly took place.
According to officers, the victim said that her ex-husband, later identified as 31-year-old John Hardin, was at his home.
After trying to make contact with Hardin several times, police entered inside the house where he was found dead "from an apparent gunshot wound to the head."
Ryan Abbott, 32, has been named a suspect in the investigation and is being held at the Lonoke County Detention Center, and has not been formally charged.
We will update this article with more information as it becomes available.
