El Dorado men arrested following shooting incidents
Two El Dorado men were arrested within an hour of each other Friday for their alleged roles in two recent shootings — one of which occurred Thursday and left two people critically injured — in a spate of such incidents that have been reported in the city within the past 18 months.
An arrest warrant was issued at approximately 2 p.m. Friday for Charles C. Miller, 29, who was developed as a suspect in a shooting that was reported early Thursday morning at a residence in the 1300 block of Wilson Street across from the City Shop.
Miller had already been taken in custody and booked into the Union County jail on unrelated charges when investigators with the El Dorado Police Department executed the arrest warrant in connection to the shooting of a man and woman inside their Wilson Street residence.
The man, 41, remained on life support Friday at Medical Center of South Arkansas, and the woman, 40, was listed in critical condition in a Little Rock hospital.
Both sustained gunshot wounds, police said.
The man was shot once and the woman was shot twice and beaten with what may have been the butt of a gun.
Officers responded at the couple’s residence at approximately 4:08 a.m. after the woman called 911 and reported that she had been beaten and shot.
Capt. Scott Harwell, of the EPD’s Criminal Investigative Division, said Miller was
developed as a person of interest and later, a suspect, during the investigation, noting that detectives worked throughout the day and night Thursday and into the early afternoon on Friday before the arrest was made.
Miller was initially arrested late Thursday afternoon on warrants for possession of a firearm by a certain person, theft of property and a body attachment (nonpayment of child support).
He appeared Friday in 35th Judicial District Court on the initial charges and received bonds totaling $26,500.
Miller was then arrested on the warrant in connection to the Wilson Street shootings.
Miller faces felony charges of capital murder, capital murder - criminal attempt, aggravated residential burglary, possession of a firearm by a certain person and felony with a firearm, which carries a penalty enhancement.
Harwell said the capital murder charge was imposed because the male shooting victim remained on life support Friday.
Miller is scheduled for another first appearance hearing in district court Monday on the charges that were listed in the arrest warrant.
Harwell declined to release further details about the case, citing the ongoing investigation.
Tyrell Moore
A man who had been wanted in connection to two recent shootings that occurred within two hours of each other, a police pursuit and the battery of law enforcement officers, all of which occurred April 5, was taken into custody Friday after another police pursuit — this time on foot.
An arrest warrant had been issued for 31-year-old Tyrell T. Moore for two counts of second-degree battery of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer or an employee of a correctional facility, fleeing in a vehicle, first-degree criminal mischief.
He also faces misdemeanor counts of fleeing on foot and no driver’s license.
A reward of up $1,000 had been offered by El Dorado Crime Stoppers for information leading to Moore’s arrest.
Harwell said an anonymous tip that was called into Crime Stoppers led officers to Moore, who was reportedly holed up at a residence in the Murmil Heights neighborhood.
The EPD’s criminal apprehension team executed the arrest warrant at approximately 1 p.m. Friday and Moore was taken into custody after a brief foot chase, Harwell said.
No injuries were reported in the shootings, one of which was reportedly committed while children were present.
Officers initially responded at 9 p.m. April 5 to a report of shots fired outside a residence in the 700 block of Louisiana Avenue.
A resident there told police that she and her four children, ages 5 - 12, were inside the house when they heard gunshots outside.
Another resident who was standing outside the house at the time reported seeing a silver Honda Pilot with its headlights off heading west on Wilson Street toward the residence.
He said the driver fired two shots and yelled, “You’re lucky my gun jammed,” before speeding from the scene, continuing west on Wilson.
A witness provided a similar account of the incident.
Police said they recovered a shell casing from the street in front of the Louisiana Avenue residence.
At 10:45 p.m., officers were called to a residence in the 1200 block of East Wesson as a part of the investigation into the Louisiana Avenue shooting and learned that the suspect had also allegedly fired shots at the East Wesson residence.
A witness told officers that the suspect was on foot.
Police said they recovered 27 spent shell casings from the scene on East Wesson, noting that the patio and front door had been struck by multiple bullets.
A shell casing that was collected from the street matched the shell casing that was recovered from the scene on Louisiana Avenue, police said.
Thirty minutes later, officers received information that the suspect may have been at a relative’s house in the 700 block of East Block.
Officers said they spotted the suspect’s vehicle in front of the East Block residence and when they initiated a traffic stop, the suspect backed up and attempted to ram a patrol car.
An officer said he was able to move out of the suspect’s path and avoid a collision and he gave chase as the suspect sped away.
The pursuit wound through several city streets and at one point, the suspect attempted to strike another patrol car head-on before turning east on East Cedar, police said.
Officers said the suspect then slammed on his brakes, causing an officer, whose vehicle he initially tried to strike, to slam into the back of the suspect’s SUV.
The officer said the impact thrust him into the steering wheel and the dashboard and he sustained a minor injury to his right knee.
He also said front passenger side of the patrol car was severely damaged and the car was disabled as a result of the crash.
The suspect, later identified as Moore, exited his vehicle following the collision and fled on foot. Police said they were unable to find him.
On April 6, the owner of the Honda Pilot told officers that her daughter usually drives the vehicle.
The woman’s daughter said the suspect, her boyfriend, had asked to borrow the SUV at approximately 6 p.m. on April 5 and never returned.
Harwell previously said investigators secured a warrant for Moore’s arrest on April 18.
Moore is scheduled for a first appearance hearing Monday in district court.