A teenager is in police custody on a first degree murder charge after a high school senior was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday at a party following a prom, police said.
Arkansas State Police confirmed that Donterious Stephens, 19, was arrested Sunday afternoon, hours after Lorenzo Harrison III, 18, was fatally shot in the town of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas.
The town, on the banks of the Mississippi River, is about 50 miles southwest of Memphis, Tennessee.
The Helena-West Helena School District Administration said in a statement that the death of Harrison was a tragic loss.
The suspect will also be charged with “possession of firearms by certain persons,” police said.
The shooting took place at an off-campus party following a prom attended by students of Helena-West Helena’s Central High School. Stephens is a former student at the school, police said.
There were no other reported injuries at the party.
Earlier Sunday, police…
