Dylan Decker (left) and David Brace (Photo courtesy of Baxter County Sheriff’s Office)
Three suspects have been identified in a robbery incident in Mountain Home leading to two individuals getting shot. Twenty-one-year-old Dylan Decker of Norfork, 20-year-old David Brace of Flippin and 18-year-old Tyler Yount are each facing felony counts of first-degree attempt to commit murder and aggravated residential burglary. Decker also faces a felony count of possession of firearms by certain persons, and he and Brace are being held in the Baxter County Detention Center. Yount is one of the two being treated for gunshot wounds.
According to the probable cause affidavit, Mountain Home officers received a call just before 6:30 Sunday morning of a shooting at a residence on East 16th Street. They arrived and made contact with a male on his bed holding his abdomen and stating he had been shot. The victim stated he didn’t know who shot him, and the intruders were wearing ski masks. The male also claimed he returned gun fire. He was rushed to emergency surgery, and he was scheduled for a follow-up procedure Monday.
Baxter Health also contacted dispatch and advised a white male arrived to the emergency room with a gunshot wound. Officers arrived and identified the male as Yount. He was interviewed by investigators while waiting on a flight to Springfield and reportedly admitted to entering the residence with the intent of robbing the victim of his drugs. Yount also claimed Decker was with him, and he didn’t know the identity of the other suspect but stated he was in a wheelchair.
Yount reportedly stated he kicked the door twice during the incident and went in with his pistol in his waistband. He turned to the bedroom and confronted the victim, who fired his pistol and struck Yount twice. Yount admitted to shooting the victim, fleeing the residence and being transported to the hospital. At last update, he is in stable condition at Cox Medical Center South.
Mountain Home and Arkansas State Police investigators later made contact with Decker. He was transported to the Mountain Home Police Department and told a state police investigator Brace had conspired to rob the victim, and Decker was reportedly expected to be paid $1,000 from Yount to assist. Yount allegedly picked up Brace on his way to Mountain Home, and they later picked up Decker near Mountain Home Christian Academy. They arrived at the 16th Street residence, and Brace allegedly provided the firearms. Decker confirmed the account of Yount kicking the door twice to gain entry and bleeding when he exited.
State troopers were able to make contact with Brace on Arkansas Highway 14 North in Yellville, and he was taken into custody for an active warrant from Gassville. Brace was transported to the Mountain Home Police Department, and he told the state police investigator Yount contacted him about getting marijuana and said he would pick Brace up. Brace also claimed Decker knew there were drugs in the home and he wanted to get them from another resident because of a bad deal with the individual in the past.
Brace claimed Decker was driving. He also stated after the shooting, Decker said they should leave Yount at the residence, but Brace stated Yount needed to go to the hospital. Yount reportedly told the other suspects he dropped his gun before they took him to Baxter Health. Decker reportedly transported Brace to Flippin and got into a different vehicle.
During the investigation, a black pistol was located in the driveway of the 16th Street residence. Blood was also discovered in the entry, the bedroom, the front porch and the driveway.
The aggravated residential burglay charge is a Class Y felony, the most serious classification of crime in Arkansas not punishable by the death penalty. Decker’s bond is set at $500,000, and Brace has a bond of $500,545.
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