MAUMELLE, Ark. – The Maumelle Police Department (MPD) has requested the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Criminal Investigation Division (CID) to investigate an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Crystal Hill Road on Saturday at around 2 p.m.
MPD was assisting Metropolitan Emergency Medical Service (MEMS) with an individual during a disturbance in the 10000 block of Crystal Hill Road. As officers tried to take the man into custody, he reportedly brandished a knife. MPD officers discharged their service firearms, striking the man, identified as Benjamin Prowell, 34, of Conway.
Prowell was transported to UAMS, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 4 p.m.
No officers were injured in the incident. The officers involved were placed on paid administrative leave, per MPD protocol.
The deceased will be sent to the Arkansas State Crime Lab, where the cause and manner of death will be determined.
CID agents will prepare a case file to present to the Pulaski County Prosecutor, who will decide whether the use of deadly force was consistent with Arkansas law.
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