Arkansas State Police continue investigation into officer-involved Pine Bluff shooting

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Arkansas State Police are investigating a shoot-out involving Pine Bluff police officers. According to a Wednesday night Pine Bl...

October 27, 2022
11:08 PM

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Arkansas State Police are investigating a shoot-out involving Pine Bluff police officers. According to a Wednesday night Pine Bluff police release, an officer had been in a shootout with 30-year-old Dustin Denton outside a plasma donation business in the city. ASP investigators said initial witness statements and evidence showed Denton was brandishing a gun as he left the business and officers arrived. State investigators continued that Denton began firing at the officers who returned fire, wounding him.

Alex Kienlen