Arkansas State Trooper shot Sunday night

According to a report from the Arkansas State Police, Arkansas State Trooper Kyle Sheldon was wounded Sunday night when he was shot during a traffic stop at U.S. Highway 270, in Hot Spring County, near Interstate 30 in Rockport. Trooper Sheldon was transported to a Hot Springs hospital. His wound is not believed to be life threatening, however he remains hospitalized in stable condition.A female suspect is in custody.

The shooting incident was reported to state troopers at 8:42 Sunday evening as the suspect was asked to step outside the vehicle. It was at this time the driver fired on Trooper Sheldon.

Officers of the Malvern Police Department were parked near Trooper Sheldon’s patrol vehicle. Both had been in the area after answering a call unrelated to the traffic stop. The officers returned gunfire at the suspect who drove away in an older model Dodge pick-up truck.

Local law enforcement officers fired a second time at the suspect as she fled onto Doyle Jones Road about five miles away from the traffic stop and first shooting scene.

The suspect taken into custody is identified as 49-year-old Elsbeth Tresa Kittinger of Fort Worth, Texas. Kittinger sustained a gunshot wound and was transported to a Hot Springs hospital where she was treated and released into the custody of law enforcement officers. She is presently incarcerated at the Garland County Detention Center.

An investigation into the shooting continued through Sunday night under the supervision of Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division Special Agents.

Investigative information from the case file is being prepared by state police and will be provided to the Hot Spring County prosecuting attorney later Monday in order to formally charge Kittinger.

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