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Arkansas City police arrest fatal shooting suspect

Arkansas City police arrest fatal shooting suspect

Arkansas City police arrest fatal shooting suspect

The Arkansas City Police Department arrested an Ark City man Saturday morning in connection with a shooting that occurred late Friday night.

Police say 40 year old James Lyle Clark was arrested on suspicion of second degree murder.

Around 9:30 Friday evening, officer responded to a report of a shooting near the intersection of Madison Avenue and the US-77 bypass. There they found  38 year old Samuel Hutton of Arkansas City in a vehicle with a gunshot wound.

Hutton was transported to a hospital but later died from his injuries.

During their investigation, police identified James Clark as the suspect and obtained a search warrant for Clark’s residence overnight. The search lasted through the evening before eventually tracking him down east of Arkansas City around 5:35am Saturday morning.

He is currently being held in Cowley County Jail with no bond.

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