PRESS RELEASES

JULY 30, 2022 

A Johnson County Sheriff’s Department deputy was wounded shortly after 2 PM today in the Knoxville community while law enforcement officers were involved in an armed stand-off with a woman at 205 Ivy Lane. 

Deputy Brent Scott sustained a non-life threatening wound from a gunshot reportedly fired by the stand-off suspect who had barricaded herself inside a residence. 

Special Agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division have obtained an arrest warrant for Christiana Beasley, 44, of Knoxville. She is charged with attempted capital murder and is in custody.   Questions relating to the incident leading up to the shooting should be directed to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department.

Arkansas State Police Special Agents have also been requested by the Stuttgart Police Department to investigate an apparent homicide that has claimed the life of a local teenager. 

Stuttgart police officers found Kyler Stigger,15, dead inside a vehicle parked in the driveway of a vacant lot at 508 S. Henderson Street.  Stigger’s body will be sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory where a manner and cause of death will be determined. 

The investigation is continuing tonight.