Update (12 p.m.):
LITTLE ROCK, AR – A local man wanted in the shooting of his girlfriend has been arrested.
According to authorities, Cory Brooks, 24, was arrested Wednesday just before noon by U.S. Marshals. He was stopped in a vehicle at Asher and University in Little Rock.
He was taken into custody without incident.
His 34-year-old girlfriend, Yolanda Renee Whitfield, died late Monday night from two gunshot wounds she suffered during an argument.
Original Story (June 2):
LITTLE ROCK, AR — A police standoff that lasted for hours Tuesday night ended without officers finding a murder suspect.
LITTLE ROCK, AR – A local man wanted in the shooting of his girlfriend has been arrested.
According to authorities, Cory Brooks, 24, was arrested Wednesday just before noon by U.S. Marshals. He was stopped in a vehicle at Asher and University in Little Rock.
He was taken into custody without incident.
His 34-year-old girlfriend, Yolanda Renee Whitfield, died late Monday night from two gunshot wounds she suffered during an argument.
Original Story (June 2):
LITTLE ROCK, AR — A police standoff that lasted for hours Tuesday night ended without officers finding a murder suspect.
Little Rock Police were called to the Breckenridge Apartments on the city’s west side where they say they received a tip that Cory Brooks, 24, was hiding.
Police first knocked on an apartment door where they tell us no one answered. They then sent in a surveillance robot to check the room.
The apartment was empty and police continue to search for Brooks.
He is wanted for the murder after his girlfriend, who died late Monday night from two gunshot wounds suffered during an argument inside a home on West 28th Street.
