SPRINGFIELD, MO (KOLR) – U.S. Marshals say a man charged in a triple shooting leaving two people dead and another injured is now in custody.
According to a statement, Willie D. Clark, 51, of Springfield was found at a home in McGehee, Arkansas Tuesday and taken into custody without incident by the U.S. Marshals-Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force and Arkansas State Police.
Court documents say Clark is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree assault.
The charges stem from a shooting in the 700 block of S. Newton Ave. Friday, Feb. 13. Police say a man suffering gunshot wounds went to his neighbor’s house to ask for help. When police arrived, they found another man and woman dead in a nearby home with gunshot wounds.
The injured man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The two found dead were later identified as Kevin Anderson, 35, and his mother, Andrea Anderson, 50.
According to the probable cause statement, the injured man told police Clark was Andrea Anderson’s ex-boyfriend and the two had had a disagreement earlier that day and that Clark had “recently been feuding with another ex-boyfriend of Andrea’s.”
The man told police he walked into the bedroom where the two were arguing, but left them alone. However, when he left the bedroom, Clark followed him out and “looked at him crazy.”
That’s when Clark pulled a gun from one of his pockets and fired a bullet at the man, according to court documents. The bullet grazed the man’s stomach, who told police he thought it was just a scare tactic and walked away from Clark.
The man went to a back bedroom, where Kevin was at, and heard another gunshot from the front of the house. The man says Clark then came to the back bedroom with the gun and shot him twice. The man says he “played opossum” to make Clark think he was dead.
Court documents say that’s when Clark shot Kevin and left the bedroom. After Clark left, the man was able to break a window and run away from the home.
The man ran across the street and banged on the door of a neighboring house for help, but no one answered. He told police he watched from that house as Clark left his home in a black Ford Ranger.
When Clark left, the man returned to his home to find Kevin and Andrea Anderson dead from their wounds.
According to a statement, Willie D. Clark, 51, of Springfield was found at a home in McGehee, Arkansas Tuesday and taken into custody without incident by the U.S. Marshals-Eastern Arkansas Fugitive Task Force and Arkansas State Police.
Court documents say Clark is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of first-degree assault.
The charges stem from a shooting in the 700 block of S. Newton Ave. Friday, Feb. 13. Police say a man suffering gunshot wounds went to his neighbor’s house to ask for help. When police arrived, they found another man and woman dead in a nearby home with gunshot wounds.
The injured man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The two found dead were later identified as Kevin Anderson, 35, and his mother, Andrea Anderson, 50.
According to the probable cause statement, the injured man told police Clark was Andrea Anderson’s ex-boyfriend and the two had had a disagreement earlier that day and that Clark had “recently been feuding with another ex-boyfriend of Andrea’s.”
The man told police he walked into the bedroom where the two were arguing, but left them alone. However, when he left the bedroom, Clark followed him out and “looked at him crazy.”
That’s when Clark pulled a gun from one of his pockets and fired a bullet at the man, according to court documents. The bullet grazed the man’s stomach, who told police he thought it was just a scare tactic and walked away from Clark.
The man went to a back bedroom, where Kevin was at, and heard another gunshot from the front of the house. The man says Clark then came to the back bedroom with the gun and shot him twice. The man says he “played opossum” to make Clark think he was dead.
Court documents say that’s when Clark shot Kevin and left the bedroom. After Clark left, the man was able to break a window and run away from the home.
The man ran across the street and banged on the door of a neighboring house for help, but no one answered. He told police he watched from that house as Clark left his home in a black Ford Ranger.
When Clark left, the man returned to his home to find Kevin and Andrea Anderson dead from their wounds.
