KARK reports on a fatal shooting by a law officer in Baxter County.
A deputy responding to report of a theft at a store at Lone Rock said he chased and stopped a man on a tractor fitting the description of one reported stolen earlier in the day.
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The sheriff says preliminary information shows once the deputy stopped the tractor, the driver confronted the deputy with a crossbow. After a fight, the deputy shot the man with his sidearm.
The suspect died. The deputy sustained minor injury.
The State Police are investigating.
UPDATE: More details from the Baxter Bulletin, including the criminal record of the man who was shot.