Local authorities arrested three Arkansas men Tuesday afternoon who are wanted in connection with a deadly shooting incident in Blytheville, Ark., that took two lives and wounded two others.
"We were working on a joint investigation with the Blytheville" Police Department, said Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott, Troop E's public information officer. "We were told the three guys were in Poplar Bluff (and) had warrants."
Israel M. Rocha, 52, Antonio Rocha, 28, and Randy Lee Rocha, 22, all of Blytheville, were wanted on no-bond warrants for first-degree battery, engaging in violent criminal activity/terroristic act, manslaughter and first-degree murder.
The Rochas were charged in connection with an incident that happened at about 7 p.m. Monday.
According to Blytheville Police Chief Ross Thompson, a 35-year-old man was hit by a vehicle during the incident and later died.
Later, a 22-year-old Blytheville man died as a result of gunshot wounds.
A 15-year-old male and 16-year-old male also were shot in the dispute, which began over a confrontation involving a dog.
Parrott said authorities are still investigation why the Rochas came to Poplar Bluff, where they were arrested without incident inside a home in the 7400 block of Woodland Meadow Drive at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Local zone troopers, as well as members of Troop E's Division of Drug and Crime Control and its aircraft division, were involved in making the arrest, as were officers with the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Butler County Sheriff's Department and Sikeston Department of Public Safety's Special Operations division, Parrott said.
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The SEMO News Service contributed to this report.