COTTON PLANT — The Woodruff County Sheriff’s Office has requested assistance from the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division after a homicide and battery that occurred Saturday in Cotton Plant.
Deputies responded to the 300 block of Susie Avenue, where they found two gunshot victims: Omari Chapple, 20, and Talisha Chapple, 40, both of Woodruff County.
Omari Chapple was transported by ambulance to Unity Health – White County Medical Center in Searcy, where he later died from his injuries. Talisha Chapple was airlifted to Regional One Health in Memphis, where she remains in stable condition.
Deputies later learned a third victim, Annisia Atkins, 22, of Cotton Plant, was also injured in the shooting. She was transported by private vehicle to Forrest City Medical Center before being airlifted to Regional One Health in Memphis, where she remains in critical condition.
The investigation remains ongoing.
