AR: Fort Smith - Man, Under the Influence, Persists in Break-in, Shot, Killed

The department said the caller was able to push the suspect back outside and secure the door. The caller told dispatch he believed the suspect with under the influence of drugs or intoxicated.

“While officers were attempting to gain access to the property through secured gates and fencing, the caller contacted dispatch again, stating the suspect had opened a window and was attempting to enter the apartment while yelling at him and his family,” FSPD said.

The department said the caller then fired one shot, and the suspect left the window.

Officers, who had arrived shortly after the first call, found the suspect, later identified as Wayne Nance, roughly 50 feet from the caller’s apartment door with a single gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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