Sunday, April 17, 2011

Man Arrested in Texarkana Homicide




By: Buddy Cogburn
A murder at Texarkana's Willow Apartments leads to a 22 year-old man behind bars.

Police were at The Willow Apartments on East 35th Street responding to a man down call when they heard gunshots from the back of the complex. Officers requested back up and immediately began to search for the location of where the shots were fired. Officers located a large group of people dispersing from the back of the parking lot.  Officers continued though the crowd and they found 21-year-old Terry Koontz lying in the parking lot. Koontz was declared dead at the scene.
Police believe that Koontz may have been in some sort of fight that resulted in his murder.
The Texarkana Arkansas Criminal Investigation Division detectives identified the shooter as Cortez Rashod Hooper, B/M 22 YOA of Texarkana.  An arrest warrant for First Degree Murder was issued, and detectives continued in their attempts to locate Hooper.

He was arrested Friday afternoon in Prescott.

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