By Associated Press - Sunday, January 15, 2017

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) - Police in Fort Smith say one man is dead and two men are being questioned following a shooting on the city’s north side.

Sgt. Daniel Grubbs says officers were called to a camping trailer behind a home about 10:30 p.m. Saturday where they found 18-year-old Justin Lopez dead at the scene.

Grubbs says another man in the trailer told officers he and Lopez heard a noise and Lopez saw several men outside the camper. The man said several gunshots were then fired at the trailer and he hid in a bathroom while Lopez was struck at least once.



Grubbs said two men who are being questioned but no arrests or possible motive for the shooting have been announced.

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